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STATUTES 



WITH AMENDMENTS TO MAY 4, I908 



NEW YORK 

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1908 







STATUTES 



WITH AMENDMENTS TO MAY 4, 1908 



NEW YORK 

Printed for the University 

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Corporate Title 



Resolution adopted February 3, 1896 

Resolved, That, in all official publications hereafter issued 
by or under authority of the Trustees, all the departments of 
instruction and research maintained and managed by this 
corporation, may, for convenience, be designated collectively 
as " Columbia University in the City of New York," or " the 
University ; " and the School of Arts, as the same is now known 
and described may hereafter be designated as " Columbia 
College," or, " the College." 




TABLE OF CONTENTS 



Chapter 


I . . 


Chapter 


II . . 


Chapter 


III. . 


Chapter 


IV . . 


Chapter 


V . . 


Chapter 


VI . . 


Chapter 


VII . 


Chapter 


VIII . 


Chapter 


IX. . 


Chapter 


X . . 


Chapter 


XI. . 


Chapter 


XII . 


Chapter 


XIII . 


Chapter 


XIV . 


Chapter 


XV . 


Chapter 


XVI . 


Chapter 


XVII . 


Chapter 


XVIII 


Chapter 


XIX . 


Chapter 


XX . 


Chapter 


XXI . 


Chapter 


XXII . 


Chapter 


XXIII 


Chapter 


XXIV. 


Chapter 


XXV . 


Chapter 


XXVI. 


Chapter 


XXVII 


Chapter 


XXVIII 


Chapter 


XXIX. 


Chapter 


XXX . 


Chapter 


XXXI . 


Chapter 


XXXII 


Chapter 


XXXIII 



The President .... 
The University Council . 
The Faculties .... 
Departments and Di- 
visions 

Officers of Administration 
Officers of Instruction 
The Library 
The Chapel . 
Columbia College . 
Faculty of Law 
Faculty of Medicine 
Faculty of Applied Science 
Faculty of Political Science 
Faculty of Philosophy 
Faculty of Pure Science . 
Facility of Fine Arts . 
Barnard College . 
Teachers College . 
College of Pharmacy . 
Vanderbilt Clinic . 
Sloane Materfiity Hospital 
Summer Session 
Extension Teaching . 

Students 

Fees 

Academic Costume 
Academic Calendar . 
Publications .... 
Foundations .... 
Fellowships and Univer- 
sity Scholarships . 
Scholarships .... 

Prizes 

Amendments .... 



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STATUTES 



CHAPTER I 



THE PRESIDENT 



Powers 



Duties 



§ I. The President shall have charge of the educational ad- 
ministration of the University, and shall be the Chairman of 
the University Council, and of every Faculty established by 
the Trustees. His concurrence shall be necessary to every act 
of the Council or of a Faculty ; unless, after his non-concur- 
rence, the act or resolution shall be again passed by a vote of 
two-thirds of the entire body at the same or at the next succeed- 
ing meeting thereof. In all cases where there shall be a non- 
concurrence between the President and a majority of the Coun- 
cil or Faculty present at the time, the names of those voting on 
each side shall be entered on the minutes, and each member 
shall be entitled to have entered on the minutes his reasons for 
his vote. 

§ 2. It shall be the duty of the President to take charge 
and have care of the University generally, of its buildings, 
of its grounds adjacent thereto, and of its movable property 
upon the same ; 

To call meetings of the University Council, and of the sev- 
eral Faculties, and to give such directions and to perform such 
acts as shall, in his judgment, promote the interests of the 
University, so that they do not contravene the Charter, the 
Statutes, or the resolutions of the Trustees, or of the Council 
or Faculties; 

To report to the Trustees annually, and as occasion shall 
require, the condition and needs of the University ; 

To administer discipline in such cases as he deems proper 
and to empower the Deans of the several Faculties to admin- 
ister discipline in such manner and under such regulations as 
he shall prescribe. 

§ 3. In the absence or disability of the President, pending ^^^^^l^^t 
action by the Trustees, the Dean who has been longest in 
office, who shall be in the regular performance of his duties, 

5 



THE PRESIDENT 



Acting 
President 



Leave of 
Absence 



Degrees 



shall perform the duties and exercise the authority of the 
President ; provided that when two or more Deans have served 
an equal length of time in such ofhce, such powers and duties 
shall devolve upon that one of them who has been longest in 
the service of the University. 

§ 4. The President shall have power to grant leave of ab- 
sence for reasonable cause, and for such length of time as he 
shall judge the occasion may require. Such leave of absence 
shall be entered upon the minutes of the appropriate Faculty. 

§ 5. In the case of professors absent on leave, the Presi- 
dent shall have power to make such temporary arrangements 
for the work of the University as he may deem proper, pro- 
vided that no expenditure shall be incurred beyond the limit 
of half-pay waived in each case by the absent professor, and 
provided, further, that no part of such funds shall be used to 
give additional pay to any one already in the service of the 
University, except with the consent of the Trustees. The Pres- 
ident shall report the details of every such arrangement at the 
next meeting of the Trustees. 

§ 6. The President shall have power, when the require- 
ments of the Statutes have been satisfactorily fulfilled, to confer 
degrees as f olows : 

a. The degrees of Bachelor of Arts and Bachelor of Science, 
upon the recommendation of the Faculty of Columbia College ; 

b. The professional and technical degrees of Bachelor of 
Laws, upon the recommendation of the Faculty of Law ; Doc- 
tor of Medicine, upon the recommendation of the Faculty of 
Medicine ; and Engineer of Mines, Civil Engineer, Metallur- 
gical Engineer, Electrical Engineer, Mechanical Engineer, 
Chemical Engineer, and Chemist upon the recommendation of 
the Faculty of Applied Science ; 

c. The degrees of Master of Arts, Master of Laws, and 
Doctor of Philosophy, upon the recommendation of the Uni- 
versity Council; 

d. The degree of Bachelor of Arts and Bachelor of Science, 
upon the recommendation of the Faculty of Barnard College, 
in accordance with the agreement between the University and 
that College, dated January 19, 1900 ; 

e. The degree of Bachelor of Science, upon the recommen- 
dation of the Faculty of Teachers College, in accordance with 
the agreement between the University and that College, dated 
April 6, 1900; 

f. The degrees of Pharmaceutical Chemist and Doctor of 
Pharmacy upon the recommendation of the Faculty of Phar- 
macy, in accordance with the agreement between the Univer- 
sity and that College, dated March 15, 1904. 



THE UNIVERSITY COUNCIL J 

g. The degrees of Bachelor of Architecture, Bachelor of degrees 
Music, and Bachelor of Design, upon the recommendation of 
the Faculty of Fine Arts, in accordance with the agreement 
between the University and the National Academy of Design, 
dated February 5, 1906. 

CHAPTER II* 



THE UNIVERSITY COUNCIL 

§ 10. The University Council shall consist of the President Membership 
and the Deans of the several Faculties, respectively, ex-officio ; 
of two representatives chosen from and by each of the Facul- 
ties of Columbia College, Law, Medicine, Applied Science, 
Political Science, Philosophy, Pure Science, Teachers College 
and Barnard College ; of a representative chosen from and by 
the Faculty of Fine Arts, and of a second representative chosen 
by this Faculty upon the nomination of the Council of the Na- 
tional Academy of Design, whenever there shall be five or 
more professors in this Faculty maintained by the Academy ; 
and of a representative chosen from and by the Faculty of the 
College of Pharmacy, whenever this College shall maintain ten 
or more professors in its Faculty. 

§ II. The term of office of an elected representative in the 
Council shall begin on the first day of July next succeeding his 
election and shall be for three years, except that elections to 
fill a vacancy shall be for the unexpired term. 

§ 12. The Council may invite a representative of the Facul- 
ties of the General Protestant Episcopal and of the Union 
Theological Seminaries, respectively, to sit with it, with power 
to advise only. 

§ 13. It shall be the duty of the Council in its advisory Duties 
capacity : 

a. To report to the Trustees its opinion as to any exercise 
of power proposed by a Faculty under Section 22. 

b. To submit such proposals to the Trustees or to the Presi- 
dent or to the several Faculties as in its judgment may serve 
to increase the efficiency of University work. 

§ 14. The Council (subject to the reserved power of con- Powers 
trol by the Trustees) shall have power, and it shall be its duty: 

a. To fix and determine, by concurrent action with the 
Faculties of Political Science, Philosophy, Pure Science and 
Fine Arts, severally, the conditions upon which the degrees 
of Master of Arts and Doctor of Philosophy shall be conferred, 
and to recommend candidates for such degrees : 



Term of 
Office 



Representa- 
tion of 
Seminaries 



M.A. and 
Ph.D. 



• This Chapter will take effect July i, 1908, 



UNIVERSITY COUNCIL 



M.L. and 
LL.D. 



College 
Courses 



Barnard 
College 



Other 

Institutions 



Extension 
Teaching 



General 
Powers 



Fellowships 

and 

Scholarships 



Academic 
Calendar 



Limitation 
of Powers 



b. To fix and determine, by concurrent action with the 
Faculties of Law and Political Science, the conditions upon 
which the degrees of Master of Laws and of Doctor of Law 
shall be conferred, and to recommend candidates for such de- 
grees ; 

c. To fix and determine, by concurrent action with the Fac- 
ulties of Columbia College and Barnard College, severally, the 
extent to which courses offered by other Faculties and leading 
to graduate or professional degrees or diplomas shall be in- 
cluded in the programs of studies of said colleges, and the con- 
ditions upon which such courses may be elected by candidates 
for a non-professional first degree ; 

d. To prescribe the manner in which the degrees of Bache- 
lor of Arts and Bachelor of Science conferred upon graduates 
of Barnard College shall be maintained at all times as degrees 
of equal value with the degrees of Bachelor of Arts and Bache- 
lor of Science conferred upon the graduates of Columbia Col- 
lege ; 

e. To adopt regulations, subject to approval by the Trus- 
tees, providing for the proper execution, as regards educational 
matters, of agreements that 'are now in existence or that may 
hereafter be made between the University and such other edu- 
cational institutions as are now or may hereafter become affil- 
iated with the University, and to prescribe what degrees, di- 
plomas and certificates may be granted by said institutions and 
the conditions for granting the same. 

f. To adopt regulations governing the relation of instruc- 
tion in the Summer Session and of Extension Teaching to the 
other work of the University ; 

g. To encourage original research ; to secure the correlation 
of courses offered by the several Faculties; to adjust all ques- 
tions involving more than one Faculty ; 

h. To determine the conditions upon which Fellowships and 
University Scholarships shall be conferred, to appoint all Fel- 
lows and University Scholars, and to make rules for their gov- 
ernment, subject to such restrictions as may be prescribed by 
the Statutes or by the terms upon which the several Fellow- 
ships and University Scholarships are established ; 

i. To fix, annually in advance, the academic calendar, the 
dates for entrance and final examinations, the date of Com- 
mencement and the order of Commencement exercises. 

§ 15. No exercise of the powers conferred upon the Coun- 
cil which involves a change in the educational policy of the 
University in respect to the requirements of admission or the 
conditions of graduation, shall take effect until the same shall 
have been submitted to the Trustees at one meeting, and an- 



THE FACULTIES 9 

Other meeting of the Trustees shall have been held subsequent of Powers" 
to that at which it was submitted. 

§ 16. The Council shall meet at least quarterly during the Meetings 
academic year, and special meetings shall be held on the call 
of the President. In the absence of the President the Council 
shall elect a temporary Chairman. 

§ 17. The Council shall elect annually a Secretary, who secretary 
shall perform the usual duties of a recording officer, and such 
other duties as shall be assigned to him by the President or 
Council. 

CHAPTER III 



THE FACULTIES 

§ 20. The following Faculties are established in the Uni- Faculties 
versity : 

The Faculty of Columbia College, the Faculties of Law, 
Medicine, Applied Science, Political Science, Philosophy, Pure 
Science, Fine Arts, Teachers College, Barnard College, Phar- 
macy and Fine Arts. 

§ 21. The several Faculties (subject to the reserved power Powers 
of control by the Trustees and the provisions of the Statutes) 
shall have power and it shall be their duty in Columbia Col- 
lege and in their respective Schools and Colleges : 

a. To fix the requirements of admission, the program of 
studies, and the conditions of graduation ; 

b. To estabhsh rules for ascertaining the proficiency of stu- 
dents, and for the assignment of honors ; 

c. To fix the times of examinations other than the entrance 
and final examinations ; 

d. To prepare and publish from time to time a statement of 
the program of studies, specifying the studies to be pursued in 
each year, and in each of the departments of instruction ; 

e. To make all such regulations for their own proceedings, 
and for the better government of Columbia College and their 
respective Schools and Colleges, as shall not contravene the 
Charter of the corporation, the Statutes, or any resolution of 
the Trustees or Council. 

§ 22. Every proposed exercise of the powers conferred on 
any of the Faculties, which involves a change in the educa- 
tional policy of the University in respect to the requirements of 
admission, the program of studies or the conditions of gradua- 
tion, shall be submitted to the University Council before being 
recommended to the Trustees, and such recommendation shall 
not be laid before the Trustees until the Council has acted 
thereon, or until another meeting of the Council has been held, 



Limitation 
of Powers 



lO 



DEPARTMENTS AND DIVISIONS 



Limitation 
of Powers 



Secretaries 



Meetings 



Minutes 



Right to Vote 



subsequent to that at which the recommendation was submitted. 
No exercise of such power by any Faculty shall take effect 
until the same shall have been submitted to the Trustees at one 
meeting, and another meeting shall have been held subsequent 
to that at which it was submitted. 

§ 23. Each Faculty shall elect annually a Secretary, who 
shall perform the usual duties of a recording officer, and such 
other duties as may be assigned to him by the President, by 
the Dean of the Faculty, or by the Faculty. 

§ 24. Each Faculty shall meet at least once a month during 
the academic year, unless otherwise directed by the President, 
and special meetings shall be held on the call of the President, 
or, in his absence, of the Dean. 

§ 25. Each Faculty shall keep a book of minutes of its pro- 
ceedings, which shall be submitted by the President at meet- 
ings of the Trustees. 

§ 26. Any Faculty may invite other officers of instruction 
in the University to take part in its deliberations, but only 
the professors and adjunct professors who are members of 
such Faculty shall have the right to vote. 



CHAPTER IV 



Departments 



Heads of 
Departments 



Divisions 



DEPARTMENTS AND DIVISIONS 

§ 30. The following departments of instruction are estab- 
lished in the University: 

Anatomy, Anthropology, Architecture, Astronomy, Bacteri- 
ology, Biological Chemistry, Botany, Chemistry, Chinese, Civil 
Engineering, Clinical Instruction, Clinical Pathology, Compara- 
tive Literature, Decorative Art, Diseases of Children, Domestic 
Art, Domestic Science, Economics, Education, Electrical Engi- 
neering, Engineering Draughting, English, Fine Arts, Geog- 
raphy, Geology, Germanic Languages, Greek, Gynecology, His- 
tory, Hospital Economics, Indo-Iranian Languages, Latin, Law 
(Municipal), Law (Public) and Jurisprudence, Manual Train- 
ing, Mathematics, Mechanical Engineering, Metallurgy, Min- 
eralogy, Mining, Music, Neurology, Obstetrics, Painting, Pa- 
thology; Pharmacology, Materia Medica and Therapeutics; 
Philosophy, Physical Education, Physics, Physiology, Practice 
of Medicine, Psychology, Romance Languages, Sculpture, 
Semitic Languages, Social Science, Surgery, and Zoology. 

§ 31. Unless otherwise ordered by the Trustees, the senior 
officer of the highest rank who is in active service in any 
department shall be its administrative head. 

§ 32. For administrative purposes the departments named 
below are grouped together as follows : 



OFFICERS OF ADMINISTRA TION I I 

Division of Biology: Anatomy, Bacteriology, Biological 1^'^*^'°"^ 
Chemistry, Botany, Physiology, and Zoology. 

Division of Chemistry: Chemistry and Biological Chem- 
istry. ^ , , T ..• 

Division of Classical Philology : Greek and Latin. 

Division of Education : Faculty of Teachers College. 

Division of Engineering: Civil Engineering, Electrical En- 
gineering, Engineering Draughting, and Mechanical Engmeer- 

^" Division of Fine Arts : Architecture, Fine Arts, Music, Paint- 
ing, Sculpture, and Decorative Art. 

Division of Geology, Geography and Mineralogy : Geology, 
Geography and Mineralogy. , ^ , ,. t /tt u f 

Division of History, Economics and Public Law (i< acuity _ot 
Political Science) : Economics, History, Public Law and Juris- 
prudence, and Social Science. 

Division of Mathematical and Physical Science : Astron- 
omy, Mathematics, and Physics. 

Division of Medicine: Faculty of Medicine. 

Division of Mining and Metallurgy : Metallurgy and Mm- 

ing 

Division of Modern Languages and Literatures : Compara- 
tive Literature, English, Germanic Languages and Romance 

Languages. tit • t 

Division of Oriental Languages : Chinese, Indo-Iranian Lan- 
guages and Semitic Languages. 

Division of Philosophy, Psychology and Anthropology : An- 
thropology, Philosophy and Psychology. 

Division of Physical Education : Physical Education. 
Division of Private Law : Faculty of Law. ^^^^ ^^ 

§ 33. The scientific collections of the University shall not be collections 
loaned in whole or in part except by permission of the Trustees. 

CHAPTER V 

OFFICERS OF ADMINISTRATION 

§ 40. The officers of administration, in addition to the officers 
President, are the Deans of the several Faculties, the Consult- 
ing Engineer, the Superintendent of Buildings and Grounds, 
the Secretary of the University, the Bursar and Assistant Bur- 
sar, the Registrar and Assistant Registrar, and the Chief of the 
Bureau of Purchases and Supplies. 

§ 41. The Deans of the several Faculties shall be appointed Deans 
by the Trustees upon the nomination of the President, except 
the Dean of the Medical Faculty, who shall be appointed by 
the Trustees upon the nomination of that Faculty. 



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OFFICERS OF ADMINISTRATION 



Deans 



Acting 
Deans 



Duties of 
Deans 



Faculty 

Membership 

of Deans 

Consulting 
Engineer 



Superintendent 
of Buildings 
and Grounds 



Secretary of 
the University 



Bursar 



§ 42. The Deans of the several Faculties, in subordination 
to the President, shall have immediate charge of the educa- 
tional administration of the work of the Faculty or Faculties 
to which they may be appointed, and they shall be the executive 
officers of their respective Faculties, and, in the absence of the 
President, shall preside at the meetings thereof. 

§ 43. In the absence or disability of a Dean, the President 
may appoint an Acting Dean, who shall exercise the powers 
and perform the duties of the Dean. Every such appointment 
shall be reported to the Trustees at their next meeting. 

§ 44. It shall be the duty of the Dean of each Faculty, sub- 
ject to the reserved powers of the President, to enforce the rules 
and regulations of such Faculty or Faculties and the rulings of 
the President and of the University Council so far as these may 
relate to such Faculty or Faculties ; to administer discipline as 
prescribed by the Statutes, Chapter I, Section 2 ; and to report 
to the President the condition and needs of the Faculty or 
Faculties for which he may have been appointed, as occasion 
may require and at the conclusion of each academic year. 

§ 45. Each Dean shall be a member of the University Coun- 
cil and of the Faculty or Faculties of which he is the Dean. 

§ 46. The Consulting Engineer shall be appointed by the 
Trustees. He shall have charge, under the direction of the 
President, of the buildings of the University generally, of its 
grounds adjacent thereto, and of its movable property upon the 
same. 

§ 47. The Superintendent of Buildings and Grounds shall 
be appointed by the Trustees. It shall be his duty, under the 
direction of the Consulting Engineer, to take immediate charge 
of the buildings and grounds of the University and of their 
furniture and fixtures, and to see that the same are kept in 
good and proper order and in sufficient repair ; to employ, con- 
trol and discharge all persons employed in and about said build- 
ings and grounds for their care and protection, and all janitors, 
watchmen and other subordinates and servants, and to perform 
such other duties as may from time to time be designated by 
the President or Consulting Engineer. 

§ 48. The Secretary of the University shall be appointed by 
the Trustees, and it shall be his duty to perform such acts as 
may be designated by the President. 

§ 49. The Bursar and Assistant Bursar shall be appointed 
by the Trustees upon the nomination of the Treasurer. 

§ 50. It shall be the duty of the Bursar, under the instruc- 
tions of the Treasurer, to pay charges against such of the 
appropriations as may be designated by the Treasurer ; to col- 
lect the fees of students; to receive all money on account of 



OFFICERS OF INSTRUCTION 



13 



Assistant 
Bursar 



the Treasurer, due and payable at the University; to keep Bursar 
proper vouchers for all payments and proper accounts of all 
his transactions, in conformity with the instructions of the 
Treasurer; and, generally, to be the representative of the 
Treasurer at the University. 

§ 51. It shall be the duty of the Assistant Bursar, under the 
direction of the Bursar, to perform for the College of Physi- 
cians and Surgeons such duties as the Bursar may direct. 

§ 52. The Registrar and Assistant Registrar shall be ap- 
pointed by the Trustees upon the nomination of the President. 

§ 53. It shall be the duty of the Registrar, under the direc- Registrar 
tion of the President, — (i), to take charge of the registration 
of all students, to keep such records and to furnish such copies 
of the same as the President may direct ; (2), to take charge of 
and be responsible for all matriculation papers and diplomas, 
and to keep proper record of the whereabouts of present and 
former students and graduates; (3), to prepare all necessary 
student rolls and to keep such records as may be required for 
the proper compilation of student statistics; (4), to furnish 
the Treasurer, upon the forms provided for the purpose, the 
information necessary for the collection of fees; (5), and to 
perform such other duties as the President may direct. 

§ 54. It shall be the duty of the Assistant Registrar, under 
the direction of the Registrar, to perform for the College of 
Physicians and Surgeons such duties as the Registrar may 
direct. 

§ 55. The Chief of the Bureau of Purchases and Supplies 
shall be appointed by the Trustees upon the nomination of the 
President. It shall be the duty of the Chief of the Bureau of 
Purchases and Supplies, under the direction of the President, — 
( I ), to purchase all supplies for the use of the University ; (2), 
to audit and approve all bills for such purchases, and to draw 
the warrants for the payment of same; (3), to maintain a sup- 
ply of stationery for the general use of the University, and to 
keep proper record of its disposition; (4), to perform such 
other duties as the President may direct. 



Assistant 
Registrar 



Bureau of 
Supplies 



CHAPTER VI 

OFFICERS OF INSTRUCTION 

§ 60. Officers of instruction shall be required to be in at- Attendance 
tendance at the University during the entire academic year, 
unless excused by the President or absent on leave. 

§ 61, Appointments of all officers of instruction, other than Appointments 
professors and adjunct professors, shall be made by the Facul- 
ties severally of Columbia College or of the School in which 



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OFFICERS OF INSTRUCTION 



Appointments 



Grades of 
Office 



Precedence 



Salaries 



Payment of 
Salaries 

Other Em- 
ployment 



Use of Title 



such officers are primarily to serve, subject to confirmation by 
the Trustees ; except that to fill vacancies in such offices caused 
by death, resignation, or any emergency, the President may 
make appointments subject to like confirmation. The number 
of such officers and the amount of their compensation shall be 
determined in advance by the Trustees. 

§ 62. The following grades of office shall be recognized in 
all appointments as ranking relatively to each other in the 
following order: professor, adjunct professor, associate, in- 
structor, tutor, assistant. Lecturers, demonstrators and cura- 
tors may also be appointed. An associate is an officer ap- 
pointed for a term of years, or at the pleasure of the Trustees, 
who is not expected to devote the greater part of his time to 
the service of the University, but to give a limited amount 
of instruction upon a special subject. A lecturer is an officer 
whose connection with the University is temporary, or whose 
service is not continuous. A demonstrator is a laboratory 
teacher in anatomy or physiology. A curator is an officer 
having charge of collections. In the case of officers giving 
instruction in medicine, the word clinical shall be attached to 
the title of those who give instruction in hospitals or elsewhere 
than at the college itself. 

§ 63. The officers of instruction shall take precedence in 
their several grades according to the dates of their respective 
appointments. 

§ 64. The salaries of the following named officers shall at- 
tach to the grade, and shall be as follows : 

a. The salary of every instructor when first appointed shall 
be sixteen hundred dollars a year, with an annual increase of 
one hundred dollars, up to two thousand dollars. 

b. The salary of every tutor when first appointed shall be 
one thousand dollars a year, with an annual increase of one 
hundred dollars, up to fifteen hundred dollars. 

c. The salary of every assistant shall be five hundred dollars. 
The provisions of this section shall not apply to the College 

of Physicians and Surgeons. 

§ 65. Payment of salaries shall be made monthly on the 
last day of each month, and at no other times. 

§ 66. No officer of instruction shall be employed in any 
occupation which interferes with the thorough, efficient, and 
earnest performance of the duties of his office. No officer of 
instruction, in any opinion or certificate which he may give as 
to the merits or claim of any business undertaking or of any . 
scientific or practical invention, shall use the official title of 
the University, or of any of its parts, or refer to his professional 
connection therewith, without the approval of the Trustees. 



THE LIBRARY 



15 



Emeritus 
Officers 



§ 67.* Each professor and adjunct-professor shall be en- ^^1^^^°*" 
titled once in every seven years, to a leave of absence of one 
year on half-pay, or to a leave of absence of one-half year on 
full pay ; such period of absence to count as service to the Uni- 
versity ; provided, however, that not more than twelve such 
officers shall be absent at any one time and that the President 
shall adjust such leaves of absence. 

§ 68. Any professor who has been fifteen successive years 
or upwards in the service of the University, and who is also 
sixty-five years of age, or over, may at his own request sig- 
nified to the President in writing, or upon the motion of the 
Trustees, be made an emeritus professor on half-pay from the 
beginning of the next succeeding fiscal year. The provision of 
this section shall also apply to the Librarian. 

§ 69. Emeritus professors shall have no stated duties, but 
their names shall be included in the printed lists of the Facul- 
ties, and they shall be officially invited to attend all public 
exercises and Commencements. 



CHAPTER VII 



THE LIBRARY 

§ 70. The Librarian shall be appointed by the Trustees, Librarian 
and shall be the executive officer of the Library. Under the 
direction of the President, it shall be his duty to see that the 
Statutes, and all resolutions, rules, and regulations relating 
to the Library are properly enforced. He shall be the cus- 
todian of the property of the Library, and of its files, records, 
books, and papers, and shall have the general charge and con- 
trol of the Library and the rooms containing it, and also of 
the expenditures of all moneys appropriated by the Trustees 
for the purchase of books and supplies therefor; he shall ap- 
point all needed assistants and subordinate officers, and fix 
their titles, duties, and compensations, provided that the total 
amount shall not exceed the appropriation of the Trustees for 
that purpose; he shall make and enforce by suitable penalties 
any needed rules and regulations relating to the Library, its 
readers, officers, or servants. All bills on account of the Li- 
brary, for books, periodicals, binding, administration, or other 
expenses, shall be examined and certified by the Librarian, or, 
in his absence, by the deputy duly appointed, and shall be coun- 
tersigned by the President, before being paid. 

§ 71. All books, maps, charts, and other printed matter ^^^^^^^^if 
strictly technical in character and peculiarly and immediately Books 

■» This Section will take effect July i, 1908. 



i6 



THE CHAPEL 



^cat1]ogue"of Valuable and necessary in direct connection with the lectures 
Books and laboratory work of departments, heretofore or hereafter 
purchased for the exclusive use of any department, shall be 
deemed a part of the equipment of such department, shall 
be paid for out of departmental appropriations, and shall be 
scheduled and cared for under the rules governing depart- 
mental equipment. Such departmental equipment shall be pur- 
chased by heads of departments and charged to the equipment 
appropriations for such departments, such purchases having 
first been approved by the President; but specific appropria- 
tions for this class of equipment may not be used for the pur- 
chase of other equipment. 

All other books, maps, charts, and other printed matter shall 
be deemed a part of the Library, and shall be stamped and 
catalogued as such. Such books and other material shall be 
Purchases purchascd by the Librarian, and paid for out of the general 
book fund, or other specific appropriations, or out of the reve- 
nues from specific gifts and bequests. 

§ ^2. Books shall not be loaned except in conformity with 
regulations prescribed by the Committee of the Trustees on 
the Library. 

§ 73. No less than three copies of all reports and other 
matter printed by authority of the Trustees, except such as 
may be printed for their exclusive use, shall be deposited in the 
Library. 

§ 74. All gifts of money to the Library shall be paid to the 
Treasurer, who shall disburse the same, subject to the approval 
of the President, for the purpose, if any, specified by the donor, 
without special vote or appropriation; and such gifts made 
without conditions shall be used for buying books, which shall 
be marked with the donor's name. 



Loan of 
Books 



Official 
Reports 



Gifts 



CHAPTER VIII 



THE CHAPEL 



Chaplains 



Attendance 



§ 80. The Chaplain shall be appointed by the Trustees and, 
subject to the authority of the President, have charge of the 
stated chapel services. 

§ 81. Attendance upon the Chapel services shall be volun- 
tary, and all persons connected with the University, whether 
as officers or students, shall be invited to take part in such 
services. 



COL UMBIA COLLEGE — FA CUL TY OF LAW I 7 

CHAPTER IX 

COLUMBIA COLLEGE 

§ 90. The Faculty of Columbia College shall consist of the Faculty 
President, the Dean and such officers of administration and of 
instruction as may be assigned thereto by the Trustees. 

§ 91. Every candidate for admission shall be required to Admission 
present, before examination, a certificate of good moral char- 
acter from his last teacher, or from some citizen in good stand- 
ing; and students from other colleges shall be required to 
bring certificates from such colleges of honorable discharge. 

§ 92. Every student who shall have completed the entire Degree 
course and shall have passed satisfactorily all examinations 
required of him, shall be qualified to receive the degree of 
Bachelor of Arts or Bachelor of Science. 

CHAPTER X 

FACULTY OF LAW 

§ 100. The Faculty of Law shall consist of the President, Faculty 
the Dean and the Professors of Law, and such other professors 
as may be assigned to the Faculty by the Trustees. 

§ loi. No person shall be admitted to the Law School as a Admission 
matriculated student except graduates of colleges and scientific 
schools in good standing, or persons presentirg satisfactory 
evidence of equivalent training; provided that students in Co- 
lumbia College may be admitted under such regulations as may 
from time to time be prescribed. 

§ 102. No candidate shall be recommended for a degree un- g^^j""** 
less he shall have passed the last year in this School. 

§ 103. Candidates for the degree of Bachelor of Laws shall Degree 
be divided into three classes. The course of study of each 
of these classes shall occupy a year, and the entire course 
three years. Every student who shall have completed the 
entire course of three years, and shall have passed satisfac- 
torily all the examinations required of him, shall be qualified 
to receive the degree of Bachelor of Laws. Should the stu- 
dent not have attained the age of twenty-one years at the time 
of graduating, the delivery of the diploma shall be deferred 
until he shall have attained that age. 

§ 104. A student who shall not have pursued a complete certificate 
curriculum shall be entitled to a certificate, stating the duration 
of his attendance and the degree of his attainment. 



i8 



FACULTY OF MEDICINE 



CHAPTER XI 



FACULTY OF MEDICINE 



Faculty 



Appointment 



Special 
Students 



Preamble 'pjjg FOLLOWING STATUTES ARE ENACTED IN ACCORDANCE 

WITH THE TERMS OF AGREEMENTS FORMING THE BASIS OF 
UNION BETWEEN THE COLLEGE OF PHYSICIANS AND SURGEONS 

AND THE Trustees of Columbia College in the City of 
New York, dated February 4, 1891, and June 5, 1891. 

§ 110. The Medical Faculty shall consist of the President, 
the Dean of the College of Physicians and Surgeons, the Pro- 
fessors of Anatomy, Applied Therapeutics, Biological Chem- 
istry, Diseases of Children, Gynecology, Neurology, Obstetrics, 
Pathology, Pharmacology, Physiology, Practice of Medicine, 
and Surgery, and such other professors as may be assigned 
to the Faculty by the Trustees upon the nomination of the 
Medical Faculty. 

§ III. All officers of instruction shall be appointed by the 
Trustees after nomination by the said Faculty. 

§ 112. Matriculates who shall have declared themselves in 
writing not to be candidates for the degree of Doctor of Medi- 
cine in the College of Physicians and Surgeons may be ad- 
mitted as special students upon such conditions, other than 
those relating to fees, as the Faculty shall prescribe. No spe- 
cial student shall revoke the said declaration and become a 
candidate for the said degree, unless, subsequently to the said 
revocation, he shall have fulfilled all the requirements for 
graduation in Medicine. 

§ 113. No matriculate shall be admitted to the second year 
of the medical curriculum who shall not have pursued satis- 
factorily such a course at some other Medical School as shall 
have been recognized by the Faculty as an equivalent for the 
first year of the medical curriculum at the College of Physi- 
cians and Surgeons. No course of another Medical School 
shall be so recognized which shall have begun during the same 
calendar year as the session to which admission is sought. 

§ 114. There shall be four classes of students. The course 
of study of each of these classes shall occupy a year, and the 
entire course four years. 

§ 115. Every candidate shall be entitled to be recommended 
for the degree of Doctor of Medicine who, being of good moral 
character, shall have — 

a. Filed duly a medical student's certificate of the Regents 
of the University of the State of New York, showing him to 
have compHed with Chapter 467 of the Laws of 1889, entitled 



Admission to 
Second Year 



Degree 



FACULTY OF APPLIED SCIENCE 



19 



" An act to provide for the preliminary education of medical 
students," and the laws amendatory thereof; 

b. Completed the required curriculum ; 

c. Passed satisfactorily all the examinations required 
of him. 

Should a candidate for the degree of Doctor of Medicine 
not have attained the age of twenty-one years at the time of 
graduating, the delivery of the diploma shall be deferred until 
he shall have attained that age. 



Degree 



CHAPTER XII 



FACULTY OF APPLIED SCIENCE 

§ 120. The Faculty of Applied Science shall consist of the Faculty 
President, the Dean, the heads of the Departments of Chemis- 
try, Civil Engineering, Electrical Engineering, Engineering 
Draughting, Geology, Mathematics, Mechanical Engineering, 
Metallurgy, Mineralogy, Mining, and Physics, and such other 
professors as may be assigned to the Faculty by the Trustees. 

This Faculty shall have charge of the School of Mines, the 
School of Chemistry, and the School of Engineering. 

§ 121, There shall be in each School four classes of stu- 
dents, to be designated respectively as the First, Second, Third, 
and Fourth Class. The course of study of each of these 
classes shall occupy a year, and the entire course four years. 

§ 122. The School of Mines shall conduct the curriculums 
in Mining and in Metallurgy, leading respectively to the de- 
grees of Engineer of Mines and Metallurgical Engineer. 

The School of Chemistry shall conduct the curriculums in 
Chemistry, leading to the degrees of Chemical Engineer and 
Chemist. 

The School of Engineering shall conduct the curriculums in 
Civil Engineering, in Sanitary Engineering, in Mechanical 
Engineering, and in Electrical Engineering. The first two 
of these courses shall lead to the degree of Civil Engineer, 
and the others respectively to the degree of Mechanical En- 
gineer and Electrical Engineer. 

§ 123. Every student who shall have completed the entire Degrees 
curriculum of four years and shall have passed satisfactorily all 
the examinations required of him, shall be qualified to receive 
either the degree of Engineer of Mines, Metallurgical En- 
gineer, Civil Engineer, Mechanical Engineer, Electrical Engi- 
neer, Chemical Engineer, or Chemist. 



Course of 
Study 



School of 
Mines 



School of 
Chemistry 



School of 
Engineering 



20 POLITICAL SCIENCE — PHILOSOPHY 

CHAPTER XIII 

FACULTY OF POLITICAL SCIENCE 

Faculty § 130. The Faculty of Political Science shall consist of the 
President, the Dean, the professors in the Departments of Eco- 
nomics, History and Political Philosophy, Law, (Public) and 
Jurisprudence, and Social Science, who conduct courses of ad- 
vanced instruction and research, and such other professors as 
may be assigned to the Faculty by the Trustees. 
Program § 131. The program of studies shall be designed to prepare 
of study ^^^ ^^ duties of public life, and shall include the history of 
the literature of the political sciences ; the general constitutional 
history of Europe; the special constitutional history of Eng- 
land and the United States; the Roman law and the juris- 
prudence of existing codes derived therefrom ; the comparative 
constitutional law of European States and of the United States ; 
the comparative constitutional law of the different States of 
the American Union; the history of diplomacy; international 
law; systems of administrations, state and national, of the 
United States ; comparison of American and European systems 
of administration; political economy and statistics; sociology 
and social economy. 

CHAPTER XIV 

FACULTY OF PHILOSOPHY 

Faculty g j^q xhc Faculty of Philosophy shall consist of the Presi- 
dent, the Dean, the professors in the Departments of Anthro- 
pology, Chinese, Comparative Literature, Education, English, 
Germanic Languages, Greek, Indo-Iranian Languages, Latin, 
Philosophy, Psychology, Romance Languages and Semitic 
Languages, who conduct courses of advanced instruction and 
research, and such other professors as may be assigned to the 
Faculty by the Trustees. 

Program § 141. The program of studies shall include advanced in- 
struction and research in the Departments of Anthropology, 
Chinese, Comparative Literature, Education, English, Ger- 
manic Languages, Greek, Indo-Iranian Languages, Latin, 
Philosophy, Psychology, Romance Languages and Semitic 
Languages. 



of study 



PURE SCIENCE — FINE ARTS 



21 



CHAPTER XV 



FACULTY OF PURE SCIENCE 

§ 150. The Faculty of Pure Science shall consist of the Vacuity 
President, the Dean, the professors in the Departments of An- 
atomy, Astronomy, Bacteriology, Biological Chemistry, Bot- 
any, the Director of the American Museum of Natural His- 
tory, Chemistry, Civil Engineering, Electrical Engineering, 
Geography, Geology, Manual Training, Mathematics, Mechan- 
ical Engineering, Metallurgy, Mineralogy, Mining, Physics, 
Physiology, and Zoology, who conduct courses of advanced 
instruction and research, and such other professors as may be 
assigned to the Faculty by the Trustees. 

§ 151. The program of studies shall include advanced 
instruction and research in the Departments of Anatomy, 
Astronomy, Bacteriology, Biological Chemistry, Botany, Chem- 
istry, Civil Engineering, Electrical Engineering, Geography, 
Geology, Manual Training, Mathematics, Mechanical Engi- 
neering, Metallurgy, Mineralogy, Mining, Physics, Physiol- 
ogy, and Zoology. 



Program 
of Study 



CHAPTER XVI 



FACULTY OF FINE ARTS 

The following Statutes are enacted in accordance Preamble 

WITH the terms of AN AGREEMENT BETWEEN THE UNIVERSITY 

AND THE National Academy of Design, dated February 5, 
1906: 

§ 160. The Faculty of Fine Arts shall consist of the Presi- Faculty 
dent, the Dean, the President of the National Academy of 
Design, the Director of the Metropolitan Museum of Art, of 
the professors in the Departments of Architecture and Music, 
and Such professors in the Departments of Painting, Sculp- 
ture and the Decorative Arts as may be nominated by the 
President of the University and the National Academ) of De- 
sign, acting jointly, to the Trustees for appointment in their 
discretion, and of such other professors as may be assigned 
to the Faculty by the Trustees. 

§ 161. This Faculty shall have charge of the School of schools of 
Architecture and the School of Music. It shall have power M^uslc^^nd'"' 
and it shall be its duty to fix the requirements for admission Design 
for such students in the School of Design as are candidates 
for a degree or other University recognition, the program of 
their studies and the conditions of graduation ; to establish 
rules for ascertaining the proficiency of such students and the 



22 BARNARD COLLEGE 

A 1f-t ""t^ °^ assignment of University honors ; to fix the times of exami- 

Music and nations in such courses ; to prepare and publish from time to 

Design ^jj^g ^ statement of the program of studies in such courses, 

specifying the studies to be pursued in each year and in each 

of the departments of instruction ; and to make regulations for 

their own proceedings. 

Program g ^^2. The program of studies shall include instruction 

and research in the Departments of Architecture, Decorative 

Art, Music, Painting and Sculpture. 

CHAPTER XVII 

BARNARD COLLEGE 

Preamble ThE FOLLOWING STATUTES ARE ENACTED IN ACCORDANCE 

WITH THE TERMS OF THE AGREEMENTS BETWEEN THE UNI- 
VERSITY AND Barnard College, dated January 19, 1900, 
April 6, 1900, and March 5, 1906: 

President § i^q. The President of the University shall be, ex officio, 
President of the College. He shall preside at the meetings of 
the Faculty of the College and shall have general supervision 
and direction of the educational administration of the College 
as in the other schools of the University. 
Dean § 171. The internal administration of the College shall be 
conducted by a Dean, who shall be appointed by the President 
of the University, by and with the advice and consent of the 
Trustees of the College. 
Kepresenta^ § 1 72. The College shall be represented in the University 
Council Council by its Dean, who shall have the right to vote in the 
Council upon all questions. The Faculty of the College shall 
consist of the President, the Dean, and all the professors on the 
staff of the University who give instruction in the College. 
Whenever the College shall maintain ten or more professors in 
its Faculty it shall be entitled to two representatives in the 
Council, additional to the Dean, who shall be elected by such 
Faculty. 
Officers of § 173. The College shall provide for, support and maintain, 
such officers of instruction as may, from time to time, be agreed 
on, as follows, to wit : 

a. They shall be nominated by the Dean of the College, with 
the approval of the Trustees of the College and of the Presi- 
dent of the University, and shall be appointed and re-appointed 
by the University according to its custom. Their standing 
shall be the same in all respects as that of other like officers 
in the University. 

b. For all services rendered in the University by officers so 
appointed an equivalent amount of service shall be rendered 



BARNARD COLLEGE 



23 



in the College by other officers of the University of like grade, 
as may be determined from time to time, with the consent of 
the officers concerned, by the Dean of the College and the 
President of the University. 

c. Members of the Faculty of the College may be either 
men or women. 

d. In the month of January in each year, or at such other 
time as may be mutually agreed upon, the Dean of the College, 
with the approval of the Trustees of the College and after con- 
ference with the heads of Departments in the College, shall 
submit to the President of the University a statement, show- 
ing: 

First. The estimated number of the students in e?ch Class 
in the College for whom instruction is to be provided during 
the next academic year. 

Second. The number and grade of officers of instruction, 
and amount of service desired in each subject. 

Such statement shall be subject to the approval and revision 
of the President, upon all questions not reserved by agreement 
to the Trustees or Dean of the College. 

§ 174. All instruction for women leading to the degree of 
Bachelor of Arts or Bachelor of Science shall be given sepa- 
rately in Barnard College, except that courses open to Seniors 
of Columbia College which are counted towards a Teachers 
College diploma shall continue to be open to Seniors in Barnard 
College. 

§ 175. The University will accept women who have taken 
their first degree on the same terms as men, as students of the 
University, and as candidates for the degrees of Master of 
Arts and Doctor of Philosophy under the Faculties of Phi- 
losophy, Political Science and Pure Science, in such courses as 
have been or may be designated by these Faculties, and will 
make suitable provision for the oversight of such women. 

§ 176. The University will confer the degree of Bachelor of 
Arts upon the students of the College who shall have satis- 
factorily fulfilled in the College the requirements of the Uni- 
versity Statutes for that degree. The courses in the College 
leading to the degree of Bachelor of Arts or Bachelor of 
Science shall be determined and administered by its own 
Faculty, and all examinations for admission to the College and 
in course shall be conducted under the authority of the Faculty 
of the College. The diploma shall be signed by the President of 
the University and by the Dean of the College. The degree of 
Bachelor of Arts conferred upon the graduates of Barnard 
College shall be maintained at all times as a degree of equal 
value with the degree of Bachelor of Arts conferred upon the 



Officers of 
Instruction 



Instruction 
for Women 



■Women 

Graduate 

Students 



Degree 



24 



TEACHERS COLLEGE 



Degree 



Certificate 



Pees 



Libraries 



graduates of Columbia College. The equivalency of the two 
degrees shall be maintained in such manner as the Council 
may prescribe. 

§ 177. The College shall grant no degrees but shall retain 
the right to grant certificates to students not candidates for a 
degree. 

§ 178. For each student of the University pursuing courses 
in the College, the University shall pay the College at a rate to 
be agreed upon from time to time. For each student of the 
College pursuing elective courses in the University, the College 
shall pay to the University at a rate to be agreed upon f/om 
time to time. No payment shall be called for from ore to the 
other on account of students or instructors receiving instruc- 
tion as Fellows or Scholars, or otherwise without payment of 
fees for tuition either in the University or the College. 

§ 179. The Libraries of the University and of the College 
shall be open upon equal terms to all women students of either 
institution. 

CHAPTER XVIII 



TEACHERS COLLEGE 

Preamble 'pjjg FOLLOWING STATUTES ARE ENACTED IN ACCORDANCE 

WITH THE TERMS OF THE AGREEMENTS BETWEEN THE UNIVER- 
SITY AND Teachers College, dated April 6, 1900, and 
March 5, 1906: 

§ 180. The President of the University shall be, ex officio, 
President of the College. He shall preside at the meetings 
of the Faculty of the College and shall have general supervi- 
sion and direction of the educational administration of the Col- 
lege as in the other schools of the University. 

§ 181. The internal administration of the College shall be 
conducted by a Dean who shall be appointed by the Trustees 
of the College on the nomination of the President of the Uni- 
versity. 

^ § 182. The College shall be represented in the University 

councn Council by its Dean who shall have the right to vote in the 
Council upon all questions. Whenever the College shall main- 
tain ten or more professors in its Faculty, it shall be entitled 
to two representatives in the Council, additional to the Dean, 
who shall be elected by such Faculty. 

§ 183. The University Professors of Philosophy and Edu- 

FaVuify cation and of Psychology, and their successors, by whatever 

title they may be designated, shall be members ex officio of 

the Faculty of the College; and the Professor of Mechanical 

Engineering shall also be a member ex officio of such Faculty 



President 



Dean 



Representa- 
tion in 



Ex officio 
Members of 



COLLEGE OF PHARMACY 



25 



SO long as the workshops of the College are used by students 
of his departments. Such professors shall have no right to 
vote for the representatives of such Faculty in the Council. 

§ 184. The University, upon the recommendation of the 
Faculty of the College, will confer such diplomas as may from 
time to time be authorized by the Trustees of the College and 
approved by the University upon students and graduates of 
the College who may satisfactorily fulfill all the requirements 
of the regulations of the College. 

§ 185. The University will confer an appropriate degree, in 
addition to a diploma, upon such students of the College as 
may satisfactorily fulfill all the requirements therefor, as de- 
termined by the Faculty of the College in conformity with 
regulations to be adopted by the Council and approved by the 
Trustees of the University. 

§ 186. The College shall grant no degrees or diplomas, but 
shall continue to exercise the direction and control of all in- 
struction given therein, and the right to grant certificates there- 
for to students not candidates for a degree ; and also, with the 
approval of the Council, to students who are candidates for 
a degree. 

§ 187. The courses of instruction given in either the Uni- 
versity or the College shall be open, subject to the general 
regulations of each institution, to every qualified student who 
has duly matriculated in either the University or the College. 

§ 188. For each student of the University pursuing courses 
in the College, the University shall pay the College at a rate 
to be agreed upon from time to time. For each student of the 
College pursuing elective courses in the University, the College 
shall pay to the University at a rate to be agreed upon from 
time to time. No payment shall be called for from one to the 
other on account of students or instructors receiving instruc- 
tion as Fellows or Scholars, or otherwise without payment of 
fees for tuition either in the University or the College. 

§ 189. The libraries of the University and of the College 
shall be open, upon equal terms, to all students of either insti- 
tution. 



Ex officio 
Members of 
Faculty 



Diploma 



Degree 



Certificate 



Interchange 
of Courses 



Pees 



Libraries 



CHAPTER XIX 



college of pharmacy 

The following Statutes are enacted in accordance 
with the terms of the agreement between the univer- 
SITY AND THE College of Pharmacy, dated March 15, 1904: 

§ 190. The President of the University shall be, ex officio, 
President of the College. He shall preside at the meetings of 



Preamble 



President 



26 



COLLEGE OF PHARMACY 



President 



Dean 



Representa- 
tion in 
Counci 



Ex officio 

Members of 

Faculty 



Degree 



Certificate 



Interchange 
of Courses 



Fees 



the Faculty of the College, and shall have general supervision 
and direction of the educational administration of the College 
as in the other schools of the University. 

§ 191. The internal administration of the College shall be 
conducted by a Dean, who shall be appointed by the Trustees 
of the College on the nomination of the President of the Uni- 
versity. 

§ 192. The College shall be represented in the University 
Council by its Dean. Whenever the College shall maintain 
ten or more professors in its Faculty, it shall be entitled to a 
representative in the Council, additional to the Dean, who shall 
be elected by such Faculty. 

§ 193. Representatives of the University Departments of 
Botany, Chemistry, Biological Chemistry and Materia Me- 
dica to be designated by the President of the University shall 
be members, ex ofUciis, of the Faculty of the College. Such 
representatives of University Departments shall have no right 
to vote for the representative of the Faculty of the College in 
the University Council. 

§ 194. The University will confer such degrees and diplo- 
mas upon students and graduates of the College as may from 
time to time be authorized by the Trustees of the College and 
approved by the University Council, provided that so long as 
this agreement is in force the College shall grant no degrees 
or diplomas except such as may be approved by the University 
Council. 

§ 195. The College shall continue to exercise the direction 
and control of all instruction given therein, and the right to 
grant such certificates to students not condidates for a degree 
or diploma as may be determined by the Faculty of the College 
with the approval of the University Council. 

§ 196. The courses of instruction given in either the Uni- 
versity or the College shall be open, subject to the general regu- 
lations of each institution, to every qualified student who has 
duly matriculated in either the University or the College of 
Pharmacy. 

§ 197. For each student of the University pursuing courses 
in the College, the University shall pay the College at a rate 
to be agreed upon from time to time. For each student of 
the College pursuing elective courses in the University, the 
College shall pay to the University at a rate to be agreed upon 
from time to time. No payment shall be called for from one 
to the other on account of students or instructors receiving in- 
struction as Fellows or Scholars, or otherwise without pay- 
ment of fees for tuition either in the University or the College. 



VANDERBILT CLINIC 



27 



§ 198. The Libraries of the University and of the College libraries 
shall be open, upon equal terms, to all students of either in- 
stitution. 

CHAPTER XX 



Board of 
Managers 



VANDERBILT CLINIC 

The following Statutes are enacted in accordance Preamble 

WITH the terms of THE AGREEMENTS BETWEEN THE UNI- 
VERSITY and the Donors and Managers of the Vanderbilt 
Clinic, dated January 9, 1896: 

§ 200. The management and control of the Clinic shall be 
under the direction of a Board of Managers, consisting of the 
following persons, and their successors elected by such Board : 

a. The present representative of the donors, or a successor 
who shall be elected upon the nomination of the surviving 
donors, if any, or who, upon the decease of all the donors, shall 
be a male descendant of William H. Vanderbilt, or who, if 
there are no such descendants, shall be such person as the 
Board may select. 

b. The Dean for the time being of the College of Physicians 
and Surgeons. 

c. A representative of the Board of Trustees of the Uni- 
versity, who shall be a member of such Board. 

d. Two representatives of the Faculty of the College of 
Physicians and Surgeons, who shall be either Professors, Clin- 
ical Professors or Emeritus Professors in such Faculty. 

§ 201. The Board shall have exclusive power to make the 
necessary rules and regulations for conducting the business of 
the Clinic and for providing such medical and other attendance 
as shall in their judgment be requisite for the care and treat- 
ment of patients coming for relief ; and they shall, from the 
income of the Endowment Fund, provide for the supplies, 
service, repairs, and all other necessary and proper current 
expenses of the Clinic, so that it shall in no way be a burden 
upon the general finances of the University, but they shall 
have no power to divert the use of the building from clinical 
teaching. 

§ 202. The Board shall have the direction of the expendi- Expenditures 
ture of the income arising from the Endowment Fund of the 
Clinic as the same now is or may hereafter be constituted, and 
of all other income which the Clinic shall be entitled to receive 
from any source whatever. 

§ 203. The Board shall elect or appoint a suitable person to Treasurer 
be the Treasurer of the Clinic, who shall collect all moneys to 
which the Clinic is entitled, including the income of the En- 
dowment Fund, and shall keep proper books of account both 



Powers 



28 SLOAN E MATERNITY HOSPITAL 

Report of receipts and disbursements ; and the Board shall render to 
the University an annual account of all receipts and expendi- 
tures, together with a report of the administration of the Van- 
derbilt Clinic, and of the number of persons received or treated 
therein. Such accounts shall be made up to the first day of 
July in each year. In case the Board shall have any surplus in 
their hands at the close of any fiscal year, they may in their 
discretion pay the same over to the University, to be added to 
and invested as a part of the Endowment Fund of the Clinic. 
instmcHon § 204- The CHuic shall be controlled and managed by the 
Board in such manner as to afford the most favorable oppor- 
tunities to the students in the College of Physicians and Sur- 
geons for general clinical instruction in the various branches 
of medicine and surgery. 

CHAPTER XXI 

SLOANE MATERNITY HOSPITAL 

Preamble XjjE FOLLOWING STATUTES ARE ENACTED IN ACCORDANCE 

WITH THE TERMS OF THE AGREEMENTS BETWEEN THE UNI- 
VERSITY AND THE Donors of the Sloane Maternity Hos- 
pital, DATED respectively MaRCH 12, 1 895, AND NOVEMBER 
15, 1899: 

Ma°na|e?J § 2IO. The management of the Hospital shall be under the 
direction and control of a Board of Managers, consisting of the 
following persons, and their successors, elected by such Board : 

a. The present representative of the donors, or a successor 
nominated by William D. Sloane, either by will or other writ- 
ten instrument, or in default thereof upon the nomination of 
the representatives of William D. Sloane, or if they shall not 
make such nomination, by a male descendant of either William 
D. Sloane or William H. Vanderbilt, or if there is no such de- 
scendant, by such person as the Board may select. 

b. The Dean for the time being of the College of Physicians 
and Surgeons. 

c.^ A representative of the Board of Trustees of the Uni- 
versity, who shall be a member of such Board. 

d. Two representatives of the Faculty of the College of 
Physicians and Surgeons, who shall be officially connected 
with such Faculty ; one of whom shall always be the Professor 
of Obstetrics. 
Powers § 211. The Board shall have exclusive power to make the 
necessary rules and regulations for conducting the business 
of the Hospital,^ and for providing such medical attendance 
as shall in their judgment he requisite. 



SUMMER SESSION— EXTENSION TEACHING 29 



Instruction in 
Obstetrics 



§ 212. The Board shall have the direction of the expendi- Expenditures 
ture of the income arising from the Endowment Fund of the 
Hospital and of all other income which the Hospital may be 
entitled to receive from any source. 

§ 213. The Board shall elect or appoint a suitable person to Treasurer 
act as Treasurer of the Hospital, who shall collect all moneys 
to which the Hospital is entitled, including the income of the 
Endowment Fund; and shall keep proper books of account 
thereof ; and the Board shall render to the University an annual 
account of all their receipts and expenditures, together with 
a report of their administration of the Hospital and of the 
number of persons received and cared for therein. 

§ 214. The Board shall control and manage the Hospital in 
such manner as to afford the most favorable opportunities to 
the students of the College of Physicians and Surgeons, for 
practical instruction in obstetrics; and the Professor of Ob- 
stetrics in the College shall have the direction of the service 
and management of the Hospital, so far as the same relates 
to or affects the administration of the institution of the Hos- 
pital, as an educational institution. 

CHAPTER XXH 

SUMMER SESSION 

§ 220. There shall be a Summer Session held during the Duration 
period between Commencement day and the opening of the 
academic session in September. 

§ 221. The direction of the work of the Summer Session control 
shall be assigned to an Administrative Board consisting of 
five officers of the University, to be appointed by the Trustees 
for a term of three years, upon the nomination of the Presi- 
dent. The University Council shall have power to adopt legu- 
lations governing the relation of Summer Session instruction 
to the other work of the University. 

§ 222." Persons not otherwise in the service of the Univer- Appointments 
sity may be appointed, upon the nomination of the Adminis- 
trative Board, by the President, subject to confirmation by the 
Trustees, to give instruction at the Summer Session. 



CHAPTER XXHI 

EXTENSION TEACHING 

§ 230. Extension Teaching is defined as instruction given Definition 
by University officers and under the administrative super- 
vision and control of the University, either away from the 
University buildings or at the University, for the benefit of 
students not able to attend the regular courses of instruction. 



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STUDENTS 



Control § 231. The direction of Extension Teaching shall be as- 
signed to an Administrative Board consisting of five officers of 
the University, to be appointed by the Trustees for a term of 
three years upon the nomination of the President. The Uni- 
versity Council shall have power to adopt regulations govern- 
ing the relation of Extension Teaching to the other work of 
the University. 
Appointments § 232. Pcrsons not Otherwise in the service of the Univer- 
sity may be appointed, upon the nomination of the Administra- 
tive Board, by the President, subject to confirmation by the 
Trustees, to take part in Extension Teaching. 

CHAPTER XXIV 



Matriculated 
Students 



Matriculation 



Registration 



Discharge 



STUDENTS 

§ 240. A student who complies with the requirements for 
admission fixed by any one of the Faculties of the University 
and who is accepted as a condidate for a degree or for a cer- 
tificate of proficiency in architecture, music, or design, or for 
a diploma in teaching shall be known as a matriculated student. 
All other students admitted to the University shall be known as 
non-matriculated students. Non-matriculated students shall 
include both those who are able to comply with the require- 
ments for special students established by any Faculty and those 
admitted to courses of instruction without such compliance. 

§ 241. Every student will be required, as a condition of ad- 
mission to Columbia College or to any School as a candidate 
for a degree or a diploma in teaching, to matriculate on a 
blank prepared for the purpose, upon which he shall state his 
name, date of birth, place of abode, and post-office address, 
and, if he is under twenty-one years of age, the name, place of 
abode, and post-office address of his father or guardian, and 
such other information as may be from time to time required. 
Every student shall be subject to the disciplinary powers of the 
University authorities. 

§ 242. No student shall be required to matriculate more 
than once while a member of the University, but at the begin- 
ning of each academic year each student shall file with the 
Registrar a statement containing the information required by 
the foregoing section. 

§ 243. An honorable discharge shall always be granted to 
any student in good standing who may desire to withdraw from 
the University ; but no student, under the age of twenty-one 
years, shall be entitled to a discharge without the assent of his 
parent or guardian, furnished in writing to the proper Dean. 



FEES 



31 



Matriculation 



Registration 



Tuition 



§ 244. Any matriculated student may, on payment of the Attendance 
proper fee, attend such combination of courses in different 
schools as the rules of the several Faculties may permit. 

§ 245. Students in other institutions designated for the pur- f^ "theJ^ 
pose by the Trustees may, upon the nomination of the heads institutions 
of such institutions respectively, and with the approval of the 
President, attend lectures in the College or in any of the 
Schools, without the payment of tuition fees. 

CHAPTER XXV 

FEES 

§ 250. The following fees are established : 

(a) Each matriculated student shall, at the time of 

matriculation, pay a matriculation fee of $5 

Each non-matriculated student shall, at the 
time of registration in the University, pay a 

registration fee of 5 

A non-matriculated student who afterwards 
fulfills the requirements for matriculation shall 
be credited with the amount paid for the regis- 
tration fee in lieu of the fee for matriculation. 
(6) For Tuition, for candidates for a degree: 

In Columbia College, per point 5 

To be paid at the beginning of each half- 
year for the total number of points for 
which the student is permitted to register ; 
with extra charges for certain allowed 
professional courses, such charge to be 
determined by the President, and not to 
exceed $100 in any year. (A point sig- 
nifies one hour of required attendance in 
class or lecture room, or two hours of re- 
quired attendance in laboratory or draw- 
ing room, during one half-year). 

In the School of Law, per annum 1 50 

In the College of Physicians and Surgeons, 

per annum 250 

In the Schools of Applied Science, per an- 
num 250 

In the Schools of Fine Arts, charges based 
upon the courses pursued, as may be 
determined by the President, and not to 

exceed in any one year 200 

(f) For Tuition, for candidates for the degrees of 
Master of Arts and Doctor of Philosophy, per 
annum 150 



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FEES 



Tuition 



Examination 
Fees 



Gymnasium 
Fee 



Provided that the maximum fee for tuition for 
such candidates shall be, respectively, $150 and 
$300 when the course of study for the Master's 
degree does not exceed three years, and for 
the Doctor's degree five years, but this proviso 
shall not apply to the holders of Fellowships. 
The privileges open to students paying such 
fee by installments shall be limited to courses 
taken for the degree, and any other courses 
taken by such students must be paid for as 
though they were special students. Candi- 
dates for the degrees of Master of Arts and 
Doctor of Philosophy, who pursue certain labo- 
ratory courses, shall be charged extra fees for 
the same, to be determined by the President; 
such charges to be announced in the catalogue, 
and not to exceed $100 in any one year. 
(,c?) For Tuition, for non-matriculated students, at 
the rate of $15 per annum for each hour of 
attendance per week on lectures or recitations, 

with a maximum fee, per annum $150 

With the following exceptions: 
In the College of Physicians and Surgeons and 
in the Schools of Applied Science tuition shall 
be at the rate of $25 per annum for each hour 
of attendance per week on lectures or recita- 
tions, with a maximum fee, per annum 250 

In the Schools of Fine Arts, tuition shall be at 
the rate of $20 per annum for each hour of 
attendance per week on lectures or recitations, 

with a maximum fee, per annum 200 

(^) For Tuition at the Summer Session 30 

(/) For examinations : 

For Examinations at unusual times 5 

For the Bachelor's degree (not professional 

or technical) 15 

For any professional or technical degree ... 25 

For the degree of Master of Arts 25 

For the degree of Doctor of Philosophy. ... 35 
(^) Gymnasium Fee, for the use of the Gymna- 
sium and Baths, and the exclusive use of a 

locker 7 

Payable in advance by all students, except the 
following, who shall be exempt : 

(i) Students in the College of Physicians 
and Surgeons ; 



FEES 



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(2) Students who have been in residence 
for a term of four years, and who have 
paid the fee for each of such years, un- 
less they shall elect to use the privileges 
of the Gymnasium ; 
(2) Students presenting the certificate of 
the Director of the Gymnasium, show- 
ing actual physical disability ; 
(4) Students registered in the Schools of 
Philosophy, Political Science or Pure 
Science, pursuing courses of instruction 
amounting to less than eight hours a 
week: 
{}%) Gymnasium Fee for students in the College of 
Physicians and Surgeons, and all graduates 
electing to use the Gymnasium, per annum. . , 7 

(t) Gymnasium Fee at the Summer Session 5 

§ 251. Students taking laboratory or field courses or mak- 
ing use of the laboratories may be charged a fee for the use of 
laboratories or field instruments, in accordance with a schedule 
prepared by the head of the department concerned, and ap- 
proved by the President and Treasurer. 

§ 252. A deposit for the use of the apparatus, material and 
other like purpose shall be charged when prescribed by the head 
of the department supplying the same, with the approval of the 
President and Treasurer. 

§ 253. The amount of fees to be paid in special cases for 
partial attendance shall be determined by the President and 
Treasurer. 

§ 254. The matriculation fee shall be paid before the en- 
trance examination. Examination fees shall be paid in all cases 
before examination. Every student who fails to register within 
the limits of time fixed by the regulations of the University 
shall be allowed to register only on the payment of an addi- 
tional fee of five dollars. 

§ 255. Tuition fees shall be due and payable on the opening 
day of each half-year, and unless paid on or before the second 
Wednesday of each half-year, the student may be excluded 
from the privileges of the University; but whenever the total 
amount of such tuition fee shall not exceed $100, the full 
amount shall be due and payable on the opening day of the 
first half-year of each academic year. 

§ 256. No candidate for a degree in the College or in any 
School shall be entitled to receive the same until he shall have 
discharged all his dues to the University. 



Gymnasium 
Fee 



Laboratory 
Fees 



Deposits 



Fees in 
Special 
Cases 



Times of 
Payment 



Payment of 
Tuition Fees 



Prepayment 
of Dues 



34 



ACADEMIC COSTUME 



^^^Graduate § ^57' Studciits who havc taken the degree of Doctor of 
students Philosophy in this University may, with the consent of the 
University Council, continue their researches in the labora- 
tories or library of the University without the payment of 
tuition fees. 

CHAPTER XXVI 



ACADEMIC COSTUME 

Costume § 260. The followiug described academic costume is adopted 
to be worn upon all appropriate occasions, as indicating the 
several degrees and the Faculties to which they pertain. 
Gowns Gowns. I. Pattern. — Those commonly worn, with pointed 
sleeves for the Bachelor's degree^ with long closed sleeves for 
the Master's degree, and with round open sleeves for the 
Doctor's degree. 2. Material. — Worsted stuff for the Bach- 
elor's degree; silk for the Master's and Doctor's degrees. 
3. Color. — Black. 4. Trimmings. — For the Bachelor's and 
Master's degrees the gowns are to be untrimmed. For the 
Doctor's degree the gown is to be faced down the front with 
black velvet, with bars of the same across the sleeves; or the 
facings and crossbars may be of velvet of the same color as 
the binding or edges of the hood, being distinctive of the Fac- 
ulty to which the degree pertains. 
Hoods Hoods. I. Pattern. — The pattern usually followed by col- 
leges and universities save as modified below. 2. Material. — 
The same as that of the gown. 3. Color. — Black. 4. Length. 
— The length and form of the hood will indicate the degree, 
as follows : For the Bachelor's degree, the length shall be three- 
fourths that of the Master's degree ; for the Master's degree, 
the customary length, not exceeding four feet; for the Doc- 
tor's degree, the same length but having panels at the sides. 
5. Linings. — The hoods shall be lined with the official colors 
of the University ; light blue and white. 6. Trimmings. — 
The binding or edging, not more than six inches in width, shall 
be of silk, satin or velvet, of the color distinctive of the Faculty 
to which the degree pertains, thus : Faculty of Arts and Let- 
ters, white. Faculty of Theology scarlet. Faculty of Law, 
purple. Faculty of Medicine, green. Faculty of Philosophy, 
dark blue. Faculty of Science, yellow. Faculty of Fine Arts, 
brown. Faculty of Music, pink. 
Caps Caps. The caps shall be of the material and form generally 
called mortarboard caps. The Doctor's cap may be of velvet. 
The color should be black. Each cap shall be ornamented with 
a long tassel attached to the middle point at the top. The tas- 
sel of the Doctor's cap may be, in whole or in part, of gold 
thread. 



ACADEMIC CALENDAR 



35 



§ 261. Members of the governing body shall be entitled, Me"mberVof 
during their term of office, to wear the gown of highest dignity Faculties 
— that of the Doctor's degree — together with the hood appro- 
priate to the degree which they may have severally received. 
Members of the Faculties, and any persons officially connected 
with the University who have been recipients of academic 
honors from other universities or colleges in good standing, 
may assume the academic costume corresponding to their de- 
gree, as described in the foregoing section, provided, that such 
right shall terminate if such persons shall cease to be connected 
with the University. The President and Deans of Faculties 
may adopt distinctive badges, not inconsistent with the costume 
hereinbefore described. 

CHAPTER XXVII 



ACADEMIC CALENDAR 

§ 270. There shall be a vacation in the College and in all vacation 
the Schools to be fixed annually in advance by the University 
Council, but such vacation shall not begin earlier than the sec- 
ond Wednesday in June, nor extend beyond the first Monday 
in October, except by consent of the Trustees. 

§ 271. In the discretion of the University Council, there intermissions 
may be intermissions of the academic exercises of the Univer- 
sity as follows : At Christmas time for a period not exceeding 
two weeks, at Easter for a period not exceeding four days, and 
on public holidays established by law, and such days in each 
year as may be recommended by the civil authority to be ob- 
served as days of fast or thanksgiving. 

§ 272. The President may, in extraordinary cases, grant an 
intermission for other days, not exceeding three days at any 
one time; and it shall be his duty to report the same at the 
next succeeding meeting of the Trustees, together with the 
object and the reason for granting such intermission. 

§ 273-. The number of terms in the College and in each Terms 
School, and their duration, shall be fixed annually, in advance, 
by the University Council. 

§ 274. The dates for entrance and final examinations in the 
College and in the various Schools shall be fixed annually, in 
advance, by the University Council. Other examinations may 
be held at the pleasure of each Faculty. 

§ 275. There shall be an annual Commencement on a day 
to be fixed annually, in advance, by the University Council, 
when degrees shall be conferred. 

§ 276. Commencement Week shall begin on the Sunday 
preceding Commencement Day with religious services, in 
which the officers and students of the University shall be in- 



Examinations 



Commence- 
ment 



Baccalaureate 
Sermon 



36 



PUB Lie A TIONS— FOUND A TIONS 



Baccalaureate 
Sermon 



vited to participate. Such services shall consist of the reading 
of morning or evening prayer, as set forth in the Book of Com- 
mon Prayer, and the delivery of a baccalaureate sermon, the 
preacher thereof to be selected by the Trustees. The Presi- 
dent shall have charge of the arrangements for such service. 



CHAPTER XXVIII 



Printing and 
Advertising 



Catalogue 



General 
Catalogue 



PUBLICATIONS 

§ 280. All printing and advertising connected with the edu- 
cational administration of the University, unless otherwise 
directed by the Statutes or By-Laws, or by resolution of the 
Trustees, shall be prepared, edited and published under the 
direction of the President by an oflficer appointed by him. 

§ 281. A catalogue containing the names of the officers, the 
requirements of admission, the courses of instruction, the ex- 
isting regulations, and such other information concerning the 
University as the President may think expedient, shall be is- 
sued annually. 

§ 282. All publications for the use of the Trustees shall be 
printed in octavo form, and, so far as possible, in uniform style. 

§ 283. The general catalogue of the Trustees, Officers, 
Alumni, and Plonorary Graduates of the University, shall be 
published in 1906, and every sixth year thereafter. 



CHAPTER XXIX 



Scholarships 



Fellowships 



FOUNDATIONS 

§ 290. A Scholarship may be founded in the College or in 
any School by the payment to the Treasurer of not less than 
five thousand dollars. The Scholarship shall bear such title 
as the founder may designate, subject to the approval of the 
Trustees. The annual income of this foundation will be paid 
to the holder of this Scholarship. 

§ 291. A Fellowship may be founded by the payment to the 
Treasurer of not less than ten thousand dollars for the en- 
couragment of advanced study and original research in such 
subject or subjects, and bearing such title as the founder may 
designate, subject to the approval of the Trustees. The annual 
income of this foundation will be paid to the holder of this 
Fellowship. 

§ 292. A Professorship may be founded in the University 
by the payment to the Treasurer of such sum^ and for such 
purpose, as the Trustees may approve. 



FELLOWSHIPS 



37 



CHAPTER XXX 



FELLOWSHIPS AND UNIVERSITY SCHOLARSHIPS 

§ 300. All stipends of Fellows and University Scholars 
shall be paid in equal semi-annual installments, on the opening 
day of each half-year in each academic year. 

§ 301. The Treasurer may receive gifts of money for fel- 
lowships to run for one year or more, provided that no fellow- 
ship shall be created for less than five hundred dollars per 
annum. Such fellowship shall be filled by the University 
Council, and shall be subject to such rules and regulations, not 
inconsistent with the Statutes, as may be prescribed by the 
Council. 

§ 302. No Fellow shall be allowed to accept remunerative 
employment except by permission of the President, and the 
acceptance of any such employment, without such permission, 
shall operate to vacate the fellowship. 

§ 303. All Fellows, except as hereinbefore provided, shall 
he required to pursue their studies, during the term of their 
fellowship at this University, unless permission be granted 
them by the President to study elsewhere. 

§ 304. In case of the failure of any Fellow to fulfill faith- 
fully the obligations imposed upon him by the fellowship to 
which he has been appointed, he shall forfeit all privileges 
and emoluments conferred upon him by such fellowship, and 
the Council may at any time declare the fellowship vacant. 
In the event of a vacancy occurring from any cause, the Coun- 
cil may, if they desire, fill such vacancy for the unexpired term. 

§ 305. There shall be fourteen University Fellowships, each 
of the value of six hundred and fifty dollars a year, but addi- 
tional University Fellows may be appointed in cases where 
the original appointee waives the emolument of the fellowship 
while accepting the honor of the appointment, and in cases 
where a University Fellow desires reappointment without 
emolument. Such fellowships shall be awarded by the Coun- 
cil to those applicants who give evidence of special fitness to 
pursue courses of higher study and original investigation, and 
the competition therefor shall be open to graduates of all col- 
leges and scientific schools. Vacancies occurring in any of 
such fellowships shall be filled in the same manner in which 
original appointments are made. Fellows appointed under this 
section shall hold office for one year, and may be reappointed 
for two terms of one year each, and no more. 

§ 306. There shall be a fellowship to be known as the John 
Tyndall Fellowship for the Encouragement of Research in 



stipends 



Annual 
Fellowship 



Remunerative 
Employment 



Place of Study 



Fellowships 

when 

Vacated 



University 
Fellowships 



Tyndall 
Fellowship 



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FELLO WSHIPS 



Barnard 
Fellowship 



Fellowship Physics, which shall be held by some suitable person, who shall 
be either a graduate or a student in the University, but not 
necessarily a candidate for a degree. Such Fellow shall be 
appointed by the Council upon the recommendation of the 
head of the Department of Physics. Such appointment shall 
always be for the term of one year only, but the Fellow, for 
the time being, shall be eligible for appointment from year to 
year upon like recommendation. The Fellow so appointed 
shall be entitled to receive during his term of office the net 
income of the capital sum constituting the endowment ; and the 
Trustees guarantee that such net income will amount to at least 
six hundred and forty-eight dollars a year, being six per cent, 
upon ten thousand eight hundred dollars, the fund presented 
to the University by Professor Tyndall. 

§ 307. There shall be a fellowship to be known as the Bar- 
nard Fellowship for Encouraging Scientific Research, which 
shall be open, as expressed in the will of President Barnard, to 
" some alumnus of the School of Arts or of the School of 
Science, known as the School of Mines of Columbia College," 
now known respectively as the College, the Schools of Applied 
Science, and the School of Pure Science. Such Fellow shall 
be appointed by the Council upon the joint vote of the Facul- 
ties of the College, and of Applied Science, and of Pure Sci- 
ence, recommending such an alumnus " as evincing decided 
aptness for' physical investigation and who may be disposed 
to devote himself to such investigation for some years con- 
tinuously." Such appointment shall be for the term of one 
year only, but the Fellow, for the time being, shall be eligible 
for reappointment upon like joint recommendation, and he 
shall be entitled to receive the net income of the capital sum 
constituting the endowment, which shall accrue during his 
incumbency. 

§ 308. It shall be the duty of a Fellow appointed under sec- 
BaVna'rd tion 306 or 307 to dcvote himself faithfully to the investiga- 
Feiiows ^Jqjj q£ some subject in physical science at this University, 
or at some other in this country or abroad, under the super- 
vision of some known physicist, approved by the President 
and the head of the Department of Physics. He shall make 
a report quarterly to the President, giving an account of the 
work in which he has been engaged during the three months 
preceding; which report shall be certified by the physicist 
superintending and directing him. In case of failure faith- 
fully to fulfil the obligations imposed upon him, such Fellow 
shall forfeit all privileges and emoluments conferred upon him 
by his appointment to the fellowship, and the Council may at 
any time declare the fellowship to be vacant. 



Duties of 
Tyndall and 



FELLO W SHIPS 



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§ 309. There shall be a fellowship to be known as the 
Columbia Fellowship in Architecture, which shall be open to 
all graduates of the School of Architecture within the three 
years following their graduation, and which shall be awarded 
each year under rules and regulations established by the Uni- 
versity Council. The holder of such fellowship shall spend not 
less than one academic year of resident graduate study in the 
School of Architecture. Such Fellow shall receive the net 
income of the Columbia Fellowship Fund during the year of 
his incumbency. 

§ 310. There shall be a fellowship to be known as the 
McKim Fellowship in Architecture, which shall be open to 
all graduates of the School of Architecture within the six 
years following their graduation, and which shall be awarded 
each year under rules and regulation established by the Uni- 
versity Council. The holder of the McKim Fellowship shall 
devote the income thereof to foreign study and travel in ac- 
cordance with plans approved by the President and by the 
head of the School of Architecture, and shall, at the conclusion 
of his incumbency, present a written report and exhibit draw- 
ings in the School of Architecture. The McKim Fellow shall 
receive the net income of the McKim Fellowship Fund during 
the year of his incumbency. 

§ 311. There shall be three fellowships in the College of 
Physicians and Surgeons, to be known as the Fellowships of 
the Alumni Association of the College of Physicians and Sur- 
geons, the candidates for such fellowships to be designated 
and appointed by the Association on such conditions as may 
be approved by it. Each fellowship shall be of the value of 
five hundred dollars a year for two years, to be paid quarterly 
by the Association to the Treasurer of the University and by 
said Treasurer to each Fellow, so long as such Association 
shall continue to maintain the same. 

§ 312. In commemoration of the semi-centennial in the 
service of the University of Henry Drisler, LL. D., of the Class 
of 1839, who has held in this University the chairs of both 
Latin and Greek, there shall be a fellowship in Classical Phi- 
lology of the value of six hundred and fifty dollars a year, to 
be known as the Henry Drisler Fellowship in Classical 
Philology. 

§ 313. There shall be a University Fellowship to be known 
as the Class of '70 Fellowship, of the annual value of five hun- 
dred dollars, which, after the expiration of the term of the 
present incumbent, shall be filled by the University Council, 
and shall be subject to such rules and regulations, not incon- 
sistent with the Statutes, as may be prescribed by the Council. 



Columbia 
Fellowship 



McKim 
Fellowship 



Alumni 
Fellowships 



Drisler 
Fellowship 



Class of '70 
Fellowship 



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FELLO W SHIPS 



Mosenthal 
Fellowship 



Schiff 
Fellowship 



Perkins 
Fellowship 



§ 314. There shall be a fellowship to be known as the 
Joseph Mosenthal Fellowship in Music, which shall be awarded 
every second year by the University Council upon the recom- 
mendation of the Professor of Music. The term of the fellow- 
ship is one year. Both men and women are eligible for appoint- 
ment. Candidates for the Mosenthal Fellowship are required 
to show a thorough knowledge of harmony and of counter- 
point, and an ability to compose music as shown by submitting 
original compositions. The holder of the fellowship must de- 
vote himself to the study of musical composition at Columbia 
University, or, with the approval of the President and the Pro- 
fessor of Music, elsewhere. In the former case, the Fellow 
shall be required, in addition to pursuing studies in music, to 
pursue such other studies as the Professor of Music may direct. 
The Fellow shall submit, at such times as the Professor of 
Music may designate, the results of his work in musical com- 
position. 

§ 315. There shall be a fellowship to be known as the 
Schiff Fellowship in Political Science, the income of which 
shall be six hundred dollars per annum. The fellowship shall 
be open to graduates holding a first degree from any college 
or scientific school of good standing, either in this country 
or in Europe. Appointment to the fellowship shall be made 
each year by the University Council upon the recommenda- 
tion of the Faculty of Political Science, and the recommen- 
dation of this Faculty shall be based upon the nomination 
following: On or before April first of each academic year the 
Faculty of Political Science shall propose to Mr. Jacob H. 
Schiff, while living, the name of a suitable person for nomi- 
nation by him. After Mr. Schiff's death, his oldest living 
male descendant bearing his family name is to enjoy the right 
to nominate in the same manner. Should the family name 
become extinct, the right of nomination is to inhere in the 
oldest direct descendant of Mr. Schiff, bearing any other name, 
who is a resident of the United States. Should no nomina- 
tion be made by Mr. Schiff or his successor after proper noti- 
fication by the Faculty of Political Science, the President of 
the University is to have the right to nominate. Should the 
recommendation made by the Faculty be unacceptable to the 
person having the right of nomination, the Faculty shall^ pro- 
pose other names until a nomination is made. 

§ 316. There shall be a fellowship to be known as the 
Perkins Fellowship in Architecture, which shall be open to all 
graduates of the School of Architecture less than thirty years 
of age, and shall be awarded under such rules and regulations 
as shall from time to time be established by the President and 



FELLO W SHI PS 



41 



Proudfit 

Fellowship 
in Letters 



the Professor of Architecture. Holders of such fellowship E^j}''"*.. 
shall devote the income thereof to study and travel in accord- ^ 

ance with plans prepared by themselves and approved by the 
President and such Professor, and shall upon return present 
a written report and exhibit drawings in the School of Archi- 
tecture. Such fellowship shall be awarded in the spring of 
every fourth year, beginning with the year 1902. The holder 
shall receive the entire accumulated income of the Perkins 
Fund for the previous four years, and payment thereof shall 
be made by the Treasurer on the certificate of the Professor 
of Architecture, endorsed by the President. 

§ 317. There shall be a fellowship to be known as the 
Alexander Moncrief Proudfit Fellowship in Letters, for the 
encouragement of the study of English Literature, which shall 
be open to all persons who, being the sons of native-born 
American parents, shall have taken the degree of Bachelor of 
Arts after a three years' residence in Columbia College, and 
who shall, while enjoying such fellowship, remain unmarried. 
Such Fellow shall be appointed by the University Council 
upon the joint recommendation of the professors in the Eng- 
lish Departments. Such appointment shall be for the term of 
one year, and may be renewed, for reasons of weight, for two 
terms of one year each, and no more. The Fellow so appointed 
shall be entitled to receive during his incumbency the net 
income of the capital sum constituting the endowment of such 
fellowship. He shall carry on his studies and research at 
Columbia University, or elsewhere, under the direction of the 
Professors in the Departments named. 

§ 318. There shall be a fellowship to be known as the Proudfit 
Maria McLean Proudfit Fellowship, for the encouragement of in'^M°edi^cine 
advanced studies in Medicine, which shall be open to all per- 
sons who, being sons of native-born American parents, shall 
pursue advanced studies in Internal Medicine under the direc- 
tion of the Medical Faculty of the University, and who shall, 
while enjoying such fellowship, remain unmarried. Such Fel- 
low shall be a graduate in Medicine and shall be appointed 
by the University Council upon the recommendation of the 
Faculty of Medicine. Such appointment shall be made every 
fourth year, beginning July i, 1904, under such rules and 
regulations as shall from time to time be established by the 
Faculty of Medicine. The term of appointment shall be two 
years, but a vacancy may be filled for any portion of an un- 
expired term not less than one year. Such Fellow shall be 
entitled to receive the entire income of the fund constituting 
the endowment of the fellowship accumulated during the four 
years next preceding the award ; but in the event of an ap- 



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FELLO W SHIPS 



Proudfit 
Fellowship 
in Medicine 



Curtis 
Fellowship 



Carl Schurz 
Fellowship 



Garth 
Fellowship 



pointment to fill a vacancy the stipend shall be apportioned. 
Such Fellow shall carry on his studies and research at Colum- 
bia University or elsewhere under the direction of the Faculty 
of Medicine. 

§ 319. There shall be a fellowship to be known as the 
George William Curtis Fellowship, which shall be open to 
graduates of all colleges and scientific schools in good stand- 
ing in this country or abroad. Such fellowship shall be 
awarded by the University Council upon the recommendation 
of the Faculty of Political Science in every third year, begin- 
ning July 1st, 1 90 1, and the appointment shall be held for the 
term of two years, subject to such regulations as the Council 
shall from time to time establish in accordance with the terms 
of the endowment. Any person holding such fellowship for 
the full term of two years shall be entitled to receive during 
his incumbency the net income of the endowment accruing 
during a period of three years, and proportionately for any 
part of the term. 

§ 320. There shall be a fellowship to be known as the Carl 
Schurz Fellowship, for the study of the German Language 
and Literature, which shall be open to graduates of all col- 
leges and scientific schools in good standing, in this country 
and abroad. Such fellowship shall be awarded in every alter- 
nate year, beginning July i, 1902, by the University Council, 
upon the recommendation of the Professors of the Depart- 
ment of Germanic Languages. The appointment shall be held, 
subject to such regulations as the Council, may from time to 
time establish, for the term of one year. The Fellow so ap- 
pointed shall be entitled to receive the net income of the capital 
sum of ten thousand dollars, constituting the endowment con- 
tributed by the German-American citizens of New York, in 
commemoration of the seventieth birthday of Carl Schurz, 
accruing during a period of two years preceding the appoint- 
ment, and proportionately for any part of the term. The 
appointment may be renewed for reasons of weight for a fur- 
ther term of one year, but reappointment shall not entitle the 
Fellow to any additional stipend. 

§ 321. There shall be a fellowship to be known as the 
Granville W. Garth Fellowship in Political Economy, to be 
awarded each year by the University Council in the same man- 
ner as University Fellowships are awarded and subject to the 
same regulations. The Fellow so appointed shall be entitled 
to receive the net annual income of the capital sum of the 
Granville W. Garth Memorial Fund, amounting to sixteen 
thousand two hundred and fifty dollars. 



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43 



§ 322. There shall be a fellowship to be known as the 
Gottsberger Fellowship, to be awarded every second year by 
the University Council in the same manner as University Fel- 
lowships are awarded and subject to the same regulations, 
save as hereinafter provided. This fellowship shall be open 
only to candidates who, having first taken a degree in Colum- 
bia College, have been for not less than two years resident 
graduate students of Columbia University, taking also the de- 
gree of Master of Arts. The Fellow may be appointed in any 
subject of study included in those offered by the Faculties of 
Philosophy, Political Science and Pure Science. The holder 
of the fellowship may, with the consent of the Professor in 
charge of his major subject of study, and with the approval 
of the President, pursue his studies abroad. The Fellow so 
appointed shall be entitled to receive the net income for two 
years of the capital sum of nine thousand five hundred dollars, 
constituting the " Cornelius Heenev Gottsberger Scholarship 
Fund." 

§ 323. There shall be a fellowship to be known as the 
Ernest Kempton Adams Research Fellowship, the incumbent 
of which shall be appointed annually by the Trustees and shall 
be eligible to reappointment. The appointment may be made 
from among the Faculties, teaching staff, alumni or students 
of Columbia University. The incumbent of the fellowship 
shall prosecute researches either in Columbia University or 
elsewhere in the physical sciences, in psychology, or in their 
practical applications. The results of the investigations of the 
incumbent of the fellowship shall be promptly published and 
distributed by the University. These publications shall be as 
nearly uniform as practicable in size and style, and shall be 
entitled " Researches of the Ernest Kempton Adams Research 
Fellowship of Columbia University." The Fellow shall be en- 
titled to receive an annual stipend of one thousand two hundred 
and fifty dollars. 

§ 324. In the Schools of Political Science, Philosophy, and 
Pure Science, there shall be thirty scholarships in all, each of 
the value of one hundred and fifty dollars, to be awarded only 
to students holding the first degree. These scholarships shall 
be known as University Scholarships, and shall be awarded 
under regulations to be adopted by the University Council. 
The holders of University Scholarships must pay tuition and 
all other fees. 

§ 325. In addition to the University Scholarships estab- 
lished by section 324, there shall be eight scholarships, each 
of the annual value of one hundred and fifty dollars, which 
shall be known as the President's University Scholarships. 



Gottsberger 
Fellowship 



Adams 
Fellowship 



University 
Scholarships 



President's 
University 
Scholarships 



44 



SCHOLARSHIPS 



President's 

University 

Scholarships 



Curtis 

Scholarships 

of Barnard 

College 



Mitchell 
Fellowship 



Such scholarships, which shall be for the term of one year, 
shall be filled by the University Council, and shall be governed 
in all respects by the regulations attached to the University 
Scholarships established by the preceding section, and by such 
further regulations as may from time to time be hereafter 
adopted by the Trustees. Provided that in the award of four 
of these scholarships preference shall be given to Chinese stu- 
dents nominated by the Chinese Minister at Washington, The 
holders of such scholarships may be reappointed upon the ex- 
piration of their terms upon such conditions as may be pre- 
scribed in the regulations. In case any one of said scholarships 
is not awarded in any year, or in case any such scholarship 
shall become vacant otherwise than by the graduation of the 
incumbent, an additional scholar may be appointed to fill such 
vacancy. An additional President's University Scholarship 
may annually be awarded in lieu of any of the Brooklyn 
Scholarships provided for in section 341 in case any of such 
Brooklyn Scholarships shall not be awarded or shall become 
vacant otherwise than by graduation of the incumbent, but 
such additional President's University Scholarship shall be 
awarded only for the period during which such Brooklyn 
Scholarship is vacant. The recipient of any such scholarship 
may, with the consent of the President, assign the income 
thereof to any properly qualified candidate without waiving his 
right to be designated as a President's University Scholar. 

§ 326. There shall be four scholarships to be known as the 
Curtis Scholarships of Barnard College, each of the annual 
value of one hundred and fifty dollars, which shall be awarded 
annually by the University Council to women students hold- 
ing the first degree. These scholarships shall be awarded in 
the same manner as University Scholarships under regulations 
established by the University Council, and the holders shall pay 
tuition and all other fees. 

§ 327. There shall be a fellowship to be known as the 
" William Mitchell Fellowship." Such fellowship shall be 
conferred annually by the Trustees on the nomination of the 
Faculty of Columbia College, upon a graduate of the College 
who purposes entering upon a course of advanced study in 
letters or science, or who is adjudged by the Faculty capable 
of attaining distinction in such courses of study. The fellow 
so appointed shall be entitled to receive the net income of the 
fund of $10,000, bequeathed by Benjamin D. Silliman. 



SCHOLARSHIPS 



45 



CHAPTER XXXI 



SCHOLARSHIPS 

§ 340. All stipends of Scholars shall be paid in equal semi- 
annual payments, on the opening day of each half year in each 
academic year. 

§ 341. The stipend of any scholarship may be apportioned 
among two or more appointees by any officer or committee 
authorized to award such scholarships. 

§ 342. The Faculty awarding scholarships may determine 
whether or not the name of the holder shall be published. 

§ 343. The Treasurer may receive gifts of money for schol- 
arships for one or more years, provided that no such scholar- 
ship shall be for a less sum than the annual tuition fee of the 
College or of the School in which it is provided. Such schol- 
arships shall be filled by the Faculty under whose care they 
properly come, and the scholars holding them shall pay all fees. 

§ 344. The Alumni Association of Columbia College shall 
be entitled to have always, in the College, four students to be 
instructed free of charge for tuition. 

§ 345. The Society for Promoting Religion and Learning 
in the State of New York shall be entitled to have always, in 
the College, eight students, to be instructed free of charge for 
tuition. 

§ 346. The members of the several Faculties shall be en- 
titled to have their sons educated in the College free of charge. 

§ 347. There shall be offered annually, as a prize to the 
student passing the best entrance examination in the College, 
a free scholarship for the term of one year. Such scholarship 
shall be known as the Alumni Competitive Scholarship, and 
the Faculty shall have power to fix the conditions under which 
such scholarship shall be awarded. In each succeeding year 
of the course the Faculty may award an Alumni Competitive 
Scholarship, and the Faculty shall have power to fix the con- 
ditions upon which these scholarships shall be awarded. 

§ 348. The personal representatives of the late William B. 
Moffat, M. D., and their assigns, shall be entitled to nominate 
and have always two students in the College, to be instructed 
free of charge; and such scholarships shall be known as the 
Moffat Scholarships. 

§ 349. The nearest living male relative of the late John 
Jones Schermerhorn shall be entitled to nominate and have 
always five students in the College to be instructed free of 
charge; and such scholarships shall be known as the Scher- 
merhorn Scholarships. 



Payment of 
Stipend 



Apportion- 
ment 



Publication 
of Names 



Alumni 
Scholarships 



S. P. R. L. 

Scholarships 



Sons of 
Professors 

Alumni 

Competitive 

Scholarship 



Moffat 
Scholarships 



Schermerhorn 
Scholarships 



46 



SCHOLARSHIPS 



Stuart 
Scholarships 



Freshman 
Scholarships 



Discretionary 
Awards 



Theological 

Seminary 

Scholarships 



Brooklyn 
Scholarships 



§ 350. There shall be two scholarships in the College, to 
be known as the Stuart Scholarships, in memory of Sidney 
Barculo Stuart, Class of '80, College, and Eugene Talman 
Stuart, Class of '81, College, founded by their grandmother, 
Cornelia A. Atwill, October, 1895 ; and the said Cornelia A. 
Atwill shall have the privilege of nominating the incumbents 
of such scholarships during her lifetime, and after her decease 
such nominations shall be made by the President and the Dean 
of the College, on such terms and conditions as they may from 
time to time impose. 

§ 351. The Alumni Association, Moffat, Schermerhorn and 
Stuart Scholarships shall hereafter be awarded by the Faculty 
of the College in their discretion (subject, when required by 
the terms of the gift, to the approval of the donor of the fund 
or his representative), but such scholarships shall be tenable 
for the Freshman year only. 

§ 352. The Faculty of the College, in the case of there 
being an insufficient number of candidates whose qualifications 
are satisfactory to the Faculty to fill any scholarships especially 
limited to any particular class of students, may fill such schol- 
arships, at their discretion, with other students, whenever it 
can be done without violation of the terms of a gift. 

§ 353- The scholarship in the General Theological Semi- 
nary of the Protestant Episcopal Church (heretofore placed at 
the disposal of the Trustees of Columbia College by the Society 
for Promoting Religion and Learning in the State of New 
York) shall be awarded upon the following conditions, to wit: 

a. All candidates shall comply with the requirements for 
admission to the General Theological Seminary, and as candi- 
dates for the ministry of the Protestant Episcopal Church, 
and must have taken the degree of Bachelor of Arts and have 
been graduated with honors. 

b. All candidates shall report themselves to the Education 
Committee of such Society at least three months previous to 
the examination to be held by the Faculty for the purpose of 
awarding such scholarship. 

§ 354. There shall be in the College twelve scholarships, 
each of the annual value of one hundred and fifty dollars, 
which shall be known as the Brooklyn Scholarships. Such 
scholarships shall be awarded under such regulations as the 
Faculty of the College shall establish, and the Trustees shall 
from time to time approve, to boys resident in Brooklyn and 
prepared for College in any school in Brooklyn, whether public 
or private, and shall be held for the full College course of four 
years. The holders thereof shall pay the tuition fee and all 
other fees. In case any one of said scholarships is not awarded 



SCHOLARSHIPS 



47 



in any year, or in case any such scholarship shall become vacant 
otherwise than by the graduation of the incumbent, an addi- 
tional scholar may be appointed to fill such vacancy. The 
recipient of any such scholarship may, with the consent of the 
Faculty of the College, assign the income thereof to any prop- 
erly qualified candidate without waiving his right to be desig- 
nated as a Brooklyn Scholar. 

§ 355. There shall be in the College two scholarships to be 
known as the Hewitt Scholarships, endowed by the gift of 
Abram S. Hewitt, LL. D., Class of 1842, and two scholarships 
to be known as the Harper Scholarships, endowed by the 
bequest of Joseph W. Harper, A. M., Class of 1848. Each of 
such scholarships shall be of the annual value of one hundred 
and fifty dollars. Such scholarships shall be open to compe- 
tition to graduates of the New York City High Schools under 
such regulations as the Faculty of the College shall establish, 
and the Trustees shall from time to time approve, and shall be 
awarded from year to year after the final annual examinations 
by such Faculty. The holders thereof shall pay the tuition fee 
and all other fees. One of such scholarships shall be offered 
for competition in each class, but in case any one of such 
scholarships is not awarded in any class, or in case any such 
scholarships shall become vacant otherwise than by the gradua- 
tion of the incumbent, an additional scholar may be appointed 
to fill such vacancy. The recipient of any such scholarship 
may waive the stipend without waiving his right to be desig- 
nated as a Hewitt Scholar or Harper Scholar, as the case may 
be, and the Faculty may then appoint an additional scholar in 
his place. 

§ 356. In recognition of the liberality of Charles Bathgate 
Beck, LL. B., Class of 'yj, there is hereby established in the 
College a scholarship, to be known as the Beck Scholarship, 
the holder of which shall be instructed free of charge. Such 
scholarship shall be awarded by the Faculty of the College in 
the same manner and subject to the same conditions as the 
Faculty Scholarships. 

§ 357- There shall be two scholarships in the College to 
be known as Campbell Scholarships, in memory of Robert 
Bayard Campbell, Class of 1844, and Henry Pearsall Campbell, 
Class of 1847, which shall be awarded in the same manner and 
subject to the same conditions as Faculty Scholarships. 

§ 358. There shall be two scholarships in the College to be 
known as Class of 1848 Scholarships, which shall be awarded 
in the same manner and subject to the same conditions as 
Faculty Scholarships. 



Brooklyn 
Scholarships 



Hewitt- 
Harper 
Scholarships 



Beck 
Scholarship 



Campbell 
Scholarships 



Class of 1848 
Scholarships 



48 



SCHOLARSHIPS 



Benefactors' 
Scholarships 



Award of 
Scholarships 



Faculty 
Scholarships 



§ 359. In recognition of the liberal gifts for the purchase 
of the site on Morningside Heights which have been received 
from J. Pierpont Morgan, Cornelius Vanderbilt, D. Willis 
James, A. A. Low, Morris K. Jesup, R. Fulton Cutting, Alfred 
Coming Clark, Jacob H. Schiff, Samuel D. Babcock, Oswald 
Ottendorfer, Samuel Sloan and Henry Parish, the following 
scholarships, designated collectively as Benefactors' Scholar- 
ships, are hereby established : 

Twenty Morgan Scholarships ; twenty Vanderbilt Scholar- 
ships ; ten James Scholarships ; three A. A. Low Scholarships ; 
one Jesup Scholarship ; two Cutting Scholarships ; two Clark 
Scholarships; one Schiff Scholarship; one Babcock Scholar- 
ship ; one Ottendorfer Scholarship ; one Sloan Scholarship ; 
and one Parish Scholarship. 

Benefactors' Scholarships shall be awarded as follows : 
In the College: five Morgan Scholarships; five Vanderbilt 
Scholarships; three A. A. Low Scholarships; two Cutting 
Scholarships ; two Clark Scholarships ; one Sloan Scholarship ; 
one Parish Scholarship; and one Schiff Scholarship. 

In the School of Law: eight Morgan Scholarships; and 
eight Vanderbilt Scholarships. 

In the Schools of Applied Science : seven Morgan Scholar- 
ships ; seven Vanderbilt Scholarships ; ten James Scholarships ; 
one Jesup Scholarship ; one Babcock Scholarship ; and one 
Ottendorfer Scholarship. 

Benefactors' Scholarships shall be awarded from year to 
year by the Faculty of the College, of Law, and of Applied 
Science, as the case may be, to students who have already, 
passed one year in the College or School under its charge, or 
in another institution of similar character, whose record for 
ability and scholarship gives evidence of special fitness for the 
course of study which they propose to pursue, and who need 
pecuniary aid to obtain an education. Such scholarships shall 
be awarded by the respective Faculties above mentioned under 
regulations to be severally established by them and approved 
by the University Council. 

§ 360. The Faculties of the College, of Law, of Medicine, 
of Applied Science and of Fine Arts may also award scholar- 
ships, from year to year, to be known as Faculty Scholar- 
ships, not exceeding six in the College, four in the School of 
Law, four in the School of Medicine, eight in the Schools of 
Applied Science and four in the Schools of Fine Arts, to stu- 
dents whose record for ability and scholarship, obtained either 
before or after matriculation, gives evidence of special fitness 
for the course of study which they propose to pursue, and who 
need pecuniary aid to obtain an education. Such scholarships 



SCHOLARSHIPS 



49 



shall be awarded by the respective Faculties above named un- 
der regulations to be severally established by them and ap- 
proved by the University Council. 

§ 361. Each of the Benefactors' and Faculty Scholarships 
shall be of the value of one hundred and fifty dollars if in the 
College or School of Law, of the value of two hundred dollars 
if in the Schools of Fine Arts, and of the value of two hundred 
and fifty dollars if in the Schools of Medicine or Applied 
Science. The holders of all such scholarships shall pay the 
tuition fees and all other fees. 

§ 362. A scholarship, to be known as the Charles Bathgate 
Beck Prize Scholarship, shall be awarded annually by the 
Faculty of Law (under regulations to be established by such 
Faculty) to the member of the First Year Class in the Law 
School who shall pass the best examination in the subjects of 
the Law School Course relating to Real Estate Law, provided 
that the regulations shall require that no student shall be ad- 
mitted as a competitor for the prize unless his record for ability 
and scholarship gives evidence of special fitness. The holder 
of such scholarship shall, provided he remains a member of 
the School, receive one year's income of the prize fund estab- 
lished by the will of Charles Bathgate Beck, in equal semi- 
annual installments, during the two years following the award. 
In the event of two or more students passing examinations of 
equal merit, the income of the fund may be subdivided. 

§ 363. A scholarship, to be known as the Alonzo Qark 
Scholarship, of nine hundred dollars, or so much thereof as 
the income of the fund set apart therefor shall suffice to pay, 
shall be awarded annually to such person as the Faculty of the 
College of Physicians and Surgeons may appoint, who shall 
devote himself to study under their guidance, with the special 
purpose of discovering new facts in medical science. 

§ 364. Five scholarships, to be known as the Harsen 
Scholarships, shall be awarded annually by the Faculty of 
Medicine (under regulations to be established by such Faculty) 
to students in the College of Physicians and Surgeons, whose 
record for ability and scholarship gives evidence of special 
fitness, and who need pecuniary aid to obtain an education. 
Such scholarships shall be of the value of two hundred and 
fifty dollars each, and shall be tenable for one year ; provided, 
however, that the aggregate of the stipends of such scholar- 
ships awarded in any one year shall not exceed the income 
earned by the fund during the preceding year, and if such 
income shall be insufficient to pay the stipends of five scholar- 
ships in any one year a less number of such scholarships shall 
be awarded for that year. The holders of such scholarships 
shall pay the tuition fees and all other fees. 



Faculty 
Scholarships 



Stipend of 
Scholars 



Payment of 
Stipend 



Beck Prize 
Scholarship 



Alonzo Clark 
Scholarship 



Harsen 
Scholarships 



59 



PRIZES 



W. H.Vander- 
bilt Scholar- 
ships 



Butler 
Scholarship 



§ 365. In recognition of the liberal gifts of William H. 
Vanderbilt to the College of Physicians and Surgeons, four 
scholarships, to be known as the William H. Vanderbilt Sholar- 
ships, are hereby established. Such scholarships shall be 
awarded annually by the Faculty of Medicine (under regula- 
tions to be prescribed by such Faculty) to students in the 
College of Physicians and Surgeons, whose record for ability 
and scholarship gives evidence of special fitness, and who need 
pecuniary aid to obtain an education. Such scholarships shall 
be of the value of two hundred and fifty dollars each and shall 
be tenable for one year. The holders of such scholarships shall 
pay the tuition fees and all other fees. 

§ 366. There shall be a scholarship in the University to be 
known as the Richard Butler Scholarship, open to competi- 
tion under regulations to be established by the University 
Council, for the benefit of male students born in Ohio, The 
holder of the scholarship may, at his option, enter Columbia 
College, or any one of the graduate Schools of Philosophy, 
Political Science and Pure Science or any one of the profes- 
sional Schools of Law, Medicine and Applied Science. The 
scholarship may be renewable, for reasons of weight, for not 
more than two additional years. 



CHAPTER XXXII 



Barnard 
Medal 



Loubat 
Prizes 



PRIZES 

§ 380. A gold medal, to be known as the Barnard Medal 
for Meritorious Service to Science, shall be awarded at Com- 
mencement, at the close of every quinquennial period, dating 
from July 17, 1889, to such person, if any, whether a citizen 
of the United States or of any other country, as shall within 
the five years next preceding have made such discovery in 
physical or astronomical science, or such novel application of 
science to purposes beneficial to the human race, as in the judg- 
ment of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States 
shall be esteemed most worthy of such honor. 

§ 381. Two prizes, to be known as the Loubat Prizes, of 
the value respectively of one thousand dollars and four hun- 
dred dollars, shall be awarded at Commencement, at the close 
of every quinquennial period, dating from July i, 1893, fo*" 
the best work printed and published in the English language 
on the History, Geography, Archaeology, Ethnology, Philology, 
or Numismatics of North America. The competition for such 
prizes shall be open to all persons, whether connected with the 
University or not, and whether citizens of the United States of 
America or of any other country. 



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51 



McVickar 
Prizes 



§ 382. A prize, to be known as the Alumni Prize, of fifty ^"i'^^^j 
dollars in money or its equivalent, at the option of the re- Prize 
ceiver, established by the Association of the Alumni of Colum- 
bia College, shall be awarded annually to the most faithful and 
deserving student of the graduating class, subject to such regu- 
lations as may be prescribed by the Association and the Fac- 
ulty, so long as such Association shall continue to maintain the 
same. 

§ 383. Two prizes, founded, through the Rev. John Mc- 
Vickar, D. D., by the Society for Promoting Religion and 
Learning, to be known respectively as the Society's Greek 
Seminary Prize, of thirty dollars, and the Society's EngHsh 
Seminary Prize, of twenty dollars, shall be annually competed 
for among such members of the graduating class as shall have 
given in their names to the President, at least one month pre- 
vious to such competition, as candidates for the General Theo- 
logical Seminary of the Protestant Episcopal Church; each 
student giving in his name as competitor to designate the prize 
for which he contends, and to be confined to the choice then 
made. The examination for each prize shall be held publicly 
in the Chapel, and separate from the general examination. The 
examination for the prize in Greek shall be on : 

a. The Epistles of the New Testament (in Greek) " ad 
aperturam libri." 

b. On some one of the early Greek fathers, to be designated 
at the time of noticing the prize, or, if none be designated, 
then upon some portion of Chrysostom or Athanasius, at the 
choice of the student. The decision shall be with the Presi- 
dent and the Professor of Greek. 

The examination for the prize in English shall consist in 
the production of an essay (to be publicly read, or not, as the 
President may determine), of the ordinary length of a pulpit 
discourse, on some subject connected with the course of Evi- 
dences on which the class has been engaged; such subject to 
be selected by the Professor of the Evidences, and given out 
by him at the time of notice ; and the prize to be adjudged, as 
before, by the President and the Professor of that branch ; such 
decision to have respect to : 

a. The general ability and soundness of the essay ; 

b. Its logical and demonstrative form ; and 

c. The pure Saxon style and idiom in which it is written. 
The names of the successful candidates shall be enrolled in 

a suitable book, to be provided for that purpose, lettered ap- 
propriately, and kept in the Library ; shall be announced with 
other honors on Commencement Day, and also recorded hon- 
orably in the Society's books. 



52 



PRIZES 



Chanler 
Prize 



Alumni Prize 
of the College 
of Physicians 
and Surgeons 



Cartwright 
Prize 



Stevens 
Prize 



Smith Prize 



§ 384. A prize, to be known as the Chanler Historical 
Prize, of a value equal to the annual income of the Chanler 
Prize Fund, shall be awarded annually to the member of the 
Senior Class who shall be the author of the best original manu- 
script essay in English prose on the " History of Civil Govern- 
ment in America," or some other historical subject to be deter- 
mined by the Faculty. The subject for the prize shall be an- 
nounced on or before November first, and the essays shall be 
submitted to the President on or before May first following in 
each year. 

§ 385. A prize, to be known as the Alumni Association 
Prize, of five hundred dollars, shall be awarded biennially to 
the graduate of the College of Physicians and Surgeons who 
shall submit the best medical essay on any subject, provided 
such essay shall be deemed sufficiently meritorious, and shall 
be open to competition in alternate years with the " Cartwright 
Prize," subject to such regulations as may be prescribed by the 
Alumni Association, so long as the same shall be maintained by 
such Association. 

§ 386. A prize, to be known as the Cartwright Prize, of 
five hundred dollars, shall be awarded biennially to the person 
(not necessarily a graduate of the College of Physicians and 
Surgeons) who shall submit the best medical essay on any 
subject, provided such essay shall be deemed sufficiently meri- 
torious, and shall be open to competition in alternate years 
with the " Alumni Association Prize," subject to such regu- 
lations as may be prescribed by the Alumni Association. 

§ 387. A prize, to be known as the Stevens Triennial Prize, 
of two hundred dollars, shall be awarded triennially to the per- 
son (not necessarily a graduate of the College of Physicians 
and Surgeons) who shall submit the best medical essay on any 
subject, including the results of original research by the writer 
upon the subject chosen; subject to such regulations as may 
be prescribed by a committee consisting of the President of 
the College of Physicians and Surgeons,* the President of 
the Alumni Association, and the Professor of Physiology ; and 
such committee shall have power to determine the relative mer- 
its of the essays submitted, and to award or withhold the prize. 

§ 388. A prize, to be known as the Joseph Mather Smith 
Prize, of one hundred dollars, shall be awarded annually to 
the graduate of the College of Physicians and Surgeons who 
shall submit the best essay, if sufficiently meritorious, on a 
subject designated by a committee consisting of the President 
of the College of Physicians and Surgeons,* the President of 

* Chapter gy, Laws of 1894, declares the Dean of the Medical Faculty of Columhia College 
and his successors to be the successors in office of the President of the Managing Board of the 
College of Physicians and Surgeons, with all the rights, powers, and duties of such President 
under any Act of the Legislature, or by deed or will. 



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Smith Prize 



Illig Medals 



Toppan Prize 



the Alumni Association, and the Professor of Pathology and 
Practical Medicine, subject to such regulations as may be pre- 
scribed by such committee, who shall have power to determine 
the relative merits of the essays submitted, and to award or 
withhold the prize. 

§ 389. Prizes, to be known as Illig Medals, shall be 
awarded annually to the student or students of the graduating 
or Fourth Class in the Schools under the Faculty of Applied 
Science who shall, in the judgment of the Faculty, have mer- 
ited the same by commendable proficiency in their regular 
studies. The Illig Medals shall be of a style and design ap- 
proved by the Faculty, provided that the cost of the dies and 
medals shall not exceed the income of the bequest made for 
this purpose by WiUiam C. lUig, a graduate of the School of 
Mines in the Class of 1882. 

§ 390. A prize, to be known as the Robert Noxon Toppan 
Prize, shall be awarded annually to that member of the School 
of Law or School of Political Science who shall pass the best 
written examination upon a paper prepared by the Professor 
of Constitutional Law, in accordance with regulations to be 
from time to time established by the Faculties of Law and 
Political Science. The value of the prize shall be the amount 
of the annual income from the fund of four thousand dollars 
given by Mrs. Robert N. Toppan for its endowment. 

§ 391. A prize, to be known as the Bennett Prize, con- Bennett Prize 
sisting of the income to be derived from the fund heretofore 
established by James Gordon Bennett, shall be awarded annu- 
ally at Commencement to the undergraduate member of the 
Senior Class, or special student of similar standing, who shall 
have taken satisfactory courses in Political Science, and who 
shall have prepared the best essay in English prose upon some 
subject of contemporaneous interest in the domestic or foreign 
policy of the United States, provided that no award shall be 
made for any essay that is defective in English composition. 
The subject shall be selected, the rules of competition formu- 
lated, and the decision rendered by the Faculty of Political 
Science. 

§ 392. A prize, to be known as the Grant Squires Prize, 
consisting of the income to be derived from the fund hereto- 
fore established by Grant Squires, of the Class of 1885, shall 
be awarded at Commencement at the close of every quinquen- 
nial period, dating from July i, 1895, to such graduate, con- 
ducting an original investigation of a sociological character, 
as shall be adjudged most worthy by a committee of award, 
consisting of the President, the Professor of Sociology and 
one of the Professors of Political Economy, selected by the 



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PRIZES 



Grant Squires 
Prize 



Bunner Medal 



George 

William 

Curtis 

Medals 



Edward A. 

Darling 

Prize 



Convers Prize 



John Dash van 

Buren, Jr., 

Prize 



President. Such award shall be deemed to be a recognition 
of scientific ability and achievement, as well as an encourage- 
ment of research. 

§ 393- A prize, to be known as the H. C. Bunner Gold 
Medal, shall be awarded annually at Commencement to the 
student who shall present the best essay on an assigned sub- 
ject in American Literature. The competition for such prize 
shall be open to all candidates for a Columbia degree, and 
the award shall be made by a Committee appointed by the 
President. 

§ 394. Two prizes, to be known as the George William 
Curtis Medals, consisting of a gold and a silver medal, shall 
be awarded annually to students in the College, for excellence 
in the public delivery of English orations, due regard being 
had for subject matter, literary quality and manner of delivery. 
The competition for such medals shall be conducted and the 
award thereof shall be made by a committee appointed by the 
Faculty, subject to such regulations as the Faculty may from 
time to time establish. 

§ 395. A prize, to be known as the Edward A. Darling 
Prize in Mechanical Engineering, shall be awarded annually 
to the most faithful and deserving student of the graduating 
class in Mechanical Engineering, the recipient of the prize to 
be chosen each year by ballot by members of the graduating 
class in the course of Mechanical Engineering from among 
three names to be chosen by the Faculty of Applied Science; 
the amount of the prize to be the annual income of the sum 
of one thousand dollars, bequeathed to the University by Ed- 
ward A. Darling, formerly Superintendent of Buildings and 
Grounds. 

§ 396. A prize to be known as the E. B. Convers Prize 
shall be awarded annually to such member of the graduating 
class in the School of Law as may write the best original essay 
on some legal subject to be chosen from a list of ten subjects 
prepared each year by the Faculty of Law, or any other legal 
subject approved by the Faculty; the amount of the prize to 
be the annual income of the sum of $1,000 given to the Uni- 
versity by Miss Alice Convers and Miss Clara B. Convers to 
establish such prize. 

§ 397. A prize to be known as the John Dash van Buren, 
Jr. Prize in Mathematics shall be awarded annually to that 
student who, being a candidate for an academic degree in 
Columbia College, shall pass the best examination in the Ana- 
lytical Geometry and the Calculus and in such additional sub- 
jects as the Department of Mathematics shall prescribe, in 
accordance with regulations to be determined by that depart- 



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ment ; the amount of the prize to be the annual income of the 4u''rei?%'r'* ^^" 
sum of $5,000, given to the University by Mrs. Louis T. Hoyt P"ze ' 
of New York, in memory of her nephew, John Dash van 
Buren, Jr., a member of the Class of 1905. 

§ 398. A prize to be known as the Earle Prize in Classics f lasg^j^"^" '" 
shall be awarded annually to that student who, being a candi- 
date for the degree of Bachelor of Arts in Columbia Univer- 
sity, shall be adjudged most worthy thereof, in accordance 
with regulations to be formulated from time to time by the 
Division of Classical Philology ; the amount of the prize to be 
the annual income of the gift to the University as a memorial 
of the late Professor Mortimer Lamson Earle. 



CHAPTER XXXIII 

AMENDMENTS 

§ 410. These Statutes shall not be amended, altered, or /e- Amendments 
pealed, unless notice in writing of such proposed amendment, 
alteration, or repeal shall have been given at a previous meet- 
ing of the Trustees ; provided, however, that Chapters XXX, 
XXXI and XXXII may, by unanimous consent, be amended 
by the addition of new sections without previous notice. 



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